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Rated 5 out of 5 by Sjay29 Short vacation but they were great The staff was great !! cannot wait to come back October 10, 2014
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Rated 5 out of 5 by RDOC61 Good value I chose this hotel as a post-cruise stay, as we knew we would be there for an entire day, and could use the pool and beach. The staff was very accommodating to our early arrival, and got us into one of the rooms immediately, and the other just after noon. Beach access was excellent, and the pool was quite nice. It is a ten minute ride from the restaurants on South Beach, where the hotels cost at least double. It is a good value. September 11, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by keybird my miami home I was so completely surprised at the friendliness & well designed hotel with good facilities as well! They have a 24 hour fitness center that had good air conditioning available along with a nice size pool & the beach outside a secure gate. The restaurant had a very nice menu & the staff make it all delightful! BRAVO!! also there were always fresh towels available & plenty of lounge chairs. September 8, 2014
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Rated 5 out of 5 by earthly An Excellent Experience This was an excellent experience. Prior to traveling here, I was a little bit concerned after reading some of the poor reviews. However, we had no such experience. There was excellent recognition of SPG status and we were swiftly upgraded to the best room in the house. I want to say thank you very much to the staff for making this stay so wonderful for us. We were even greeted with a complimentary bottle of white wine and bowl of fruit. Terrific hotel dedicated to customer satisfaction with incredible beachfront access. This is what a hotel stay should be like! August 30, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by RamanPalabin Amazing experience - Highly recommend this place Stayed in this hotel with 4 friends for reunion party. Great staff. Pool view and beach view are amazing. Worth of money. Except one front desk lady during night time, other staff is amazing. Luggage service, room service, Valet staff are amazing. I will strongly recommend this place. FLL beach is actually cleaner and less busy compared to South beach. August 27, 2014
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Rated 4 out of 5 by kishun20 Nice family hotel has great features. Beware this hotel and Miami spanish is the major language and English is second, I stayed at this hotel last year when rain falls you think you are at the Niagara falls or the iguazu falls in brazil.Massive gush of water continue pouring in at chick-in and front lobby on the right side of building(.terrible.) Two employee has shown great quality in there services,namely Kenton at restaurant and Landin Bittistini at the Bar.Lobby is very nice and pool side,I well return next year. August 17, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by fam4fun The hotel staff was terrific! Hotel accommodations were good but staff was excellent! August 17, 2014
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Rated 5 out of 5 by DKDKDK Excellent Service Just want to thank this SPG property for the excellent service and treatment throughout my stay last weekend. I had a bachelor party weekend and all the guys decided to stay at this hotel and it was incredible. I also want to thank VIP Ana for her dedicated service this past weekend. I received a nice celebratory welcome package in my room for the weekend and it couldn't have been better! August 2, 2014
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Rated 4 out of 5 by volporama great value great view, clean and updated room, good food, and the price is very very affordable for that area of miami... had a great trip would definitely come back. July 22, 2014
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Introduction 1
Part I: Connecting with the Women of Ancient History 7
Chapter 1: Women of the Bible at a Glance 9
Chapter 2: Bible Basics: Delving into History, Context, and Translation 17
Chapter 3: Discerning the Roles of Women 39
Chapter 4: Judges, Prophetesses, and One Smart Lady 51
Part II: The Big Six: The Most Famous Women of the Bible 59
Chapter 5: And Then There Was Woman: Eve 61
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Chapter 8: Three Women, Three Books: Ruth, Judith, and Esther 103
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Chapter 10: Spawning a Kingdom: Women of the Hebrew Nation 137
Chapter 11: Staying Faithful through Adversity 151
Chapter 12: Ruling (and Royal) Women of the Bible 165
Chapter 13: Getting to Know the Gals of the Gospel 175
Chapter 14: Church Ladies: Women of the New Testament 189
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Chapter 16: Getting Wise to the Connivers: Biblical Femme Fatales 211
Chapter 17: Causing Controversy: Intriguing Biblical Women 225
Part V: The Nameless: Wives, Mothers, Daughters, and Widows 233
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Chapter 20: Darling Daughters of the Bible 251
Chapter 21:Widows and Other Women without Names 261
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Chapter 22: Ten Most Misunderstood Women of the Bible 277
Chapter 23: Ten Most Famous Women of the Bible in Art 289
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He says: "You can't count on freshmen."
Princeton can only hope that's the case in the NCAA tournament.
The No. 13 seed Tigers play the fourth-seeded Wildcats in the
tournament's second round Thursday. It's a matchup that features
Princeton's seasoned upperclassmen and Kentucky's talented freshmen - experience against youth, veterans versus rookies.
Princeton coach Sydney Johnson says it's his team's "moment"
and "we're not going to spoil it."
Under former coach Pete Carril, Princeton was famous for
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programs in the NCAA tournament. The most memorable was a one-point loss to top-seeded Georgetown in 1989.
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text: Posted January 14, 2013 From year to year you can't expect that much parity. Over a 5-10 year stretch it's pretty damn good. The bottom dwellers of the AFC screw everything up though. Who would have thought IND, CIN, MIN, WAS and SEA would have made the playoffs this year? I can't wait for the Pats to crash and burn after Brady retires. They won't crash and burn. Brady doesn't make the team. Put any average player behind that O Line and ask them to make a bunch of quick passes and they will succeed. Remember Mall Cassell? Brady is no elite talent. Brady is no Cam or Kaepernick. Brady is no game changer. Just lock the receivers down and Brady is meaningless. Put things in perspective people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Last month I wrote about digsig, a security module that checks the checksum of a binary before executing it to ensure that no compromised code is run on a given system. Apparently, I was a bit more enthusiastic than various kernel developers, notably Alexander Viro and Pavel Machek. It turns out (and the digsig developers agree with this) that digsig is no more than a temporary security tactic, which script kiddies would be able to work around after a fairly short time. Historically, these sorts of temporary measures never have been adopted into the kernel, precisely because they don't provide a robust solution.
With the 2.6.0-test1 kernel released in early November 2003, Linus Torvalds announced a stability freeze, meaning patches would be accepted only if they fixed data corruption, system crashes or some other serious breakage. Even cleanup patches that don't actually change the behavior of the code are being rejected now. According to Linus, the goal is to start the final preparations for the official 2.6.0 release, at which point he has strongly hinted that he immediately will hand maintainership of the 2.6 tree to Andrew Morton. This is a change from 2.4, where he handed maintainership to Marcelo Tosatti only after several releases. There is still no indication of when the 2.7 tree will fork; it could occur at the same time as the hand-off to Andrew, though certainly not before.
Rusty Russell and Tim Hockin together have produced a patch to raise the number of supported groups under Linux to well over 200. In fact, the patch supports thousands of groups, something various folks (like some of Tim's Samba clients) sometimes want. Linus Torvalds felt that some incarnations of their patch were uglier than others, but apparently he's ready to consider support for that many groups, as long as the implementation doesn't make him retch too hard into his hand.
Ian Pratt and others from the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory Systems Research Group have produced the first stable release of their Xen virtual machine monitor for the x86 architecture and have ported the 2.4.22 kernel to it as a guest OS. Xen is designed to run multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single computer. Once a kernel is ported to Xen, all user binaries apparently will run unchanged; so in theory any Linux distribution would run under Xen, with a drop-in kernel as the only modification. Currently, it's not possible to run Xen recursively, though various twisted kernel hackers have expressed such an interest.
Eli Billauer has created /dev/frandom, a random number generator that is up to 50 times faster than /dev/urandom, under some tests. Although not intended to be random enough for cryptography (but it might one day become so), it nevertheless is good for scientific simulations, stress tests on algorithms and performing data-wipes. In spite of its various good qualities, it probably will have to live as an external patch for quite a while, as several kernel developers like Nick Piggin feel there is no compelling need to do /dev/frandom in kernel space, because it could be done well enough entirely in user space.
Roman Zippel announced in mid-October 2003 an implementation of the iSCSI specification. Although it's not a complete implementation and uses the deprecated /proc filesystem instead of SysFS for its interface, it apparently is already somewhat usable. Roman has promised to continue maintaining it if there is enough interest, but without help he says it may be slow-going.
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A Wrangler-based pickup should appear for 2019, a year after the redesigned 2018 Wrangler. See Jeep Wrangler • Scrambler pickup
For the Wrangler, a US diesel is being looked at; oh20 wrote that the 3.0 VM would be used, along with a turbocharged gasoline four-cylinder (2.0 liter Hurricane) and the 3.6 liter gasoline V6. There may be an updated transfer case, perhaps bringing back a full-time setting. Sheet metal changes up front and a different windshield rake and supports will improve aerodynamics. There is a chance of some sort of "stripped" model as the production line can now apply bedliner to tubs during assembly. We have extensive discussions linked from our 2018 Jeep Wrangler page.
Jeep Patriot is not expected to last past 2017. As for the replacement Jeep Compass, redriderbob, historically a good source, wrote: "Jeep engineers are working closely with Fiat engineers on this project. We will more likely see a diesel version of the replacement Compass/Patriot here in the US and Canada. They are also making sure this new Jeep is more capable then the ones it replaces."
We now believe it will look like a Fiat 500X with a Grand Cherokee/Compass front clip. Most likely, they are going to stick with the current "mini Grand Cherokee" look (below) to differentiate it from Renegade.
We believe it will be 2.4-powered in the United States; internationally, it will likely have the full panoply of Fiat engines, including the Multijet diesels, e.TorQ for South America, and 1.4/1.4 Turbo for the rest of the world. The nine speed automatic is likely with the same front wheel drive and all wheel drive setups as the Renegade.
To keep costs down and volume high, the 2017 Jeep Compass is likely to be built in the same factory as the forthcoming Chrysler 100 small sedan, in Mexico and Brazil as well as Italy and China. If the Jeep Renegade and Fiat 500X sell well enough, the same plant can also make Renegades.
A Cherokee-sized vehicle based on the new midsized rear wheel drive platform, with more extensive off-road capability, it possible though unlikely for the long term. This would augment or replace the current Cherokee and would be a relatively low-production vehicle produced with other D-RWD based vehicles. We would not expect this until 2019 if at all.
The 2018 Jeep Cherokee will, sources say, have more conventional front and rear styling. We suspect that most of the body will remain unchanged, visually. JackRatchett and Suzq044 have both provided renderings showing possible directions.
A mildly upgraded V6 is expected to be swapped in, increasing efficiency and low-range torque. Ram 1500 is set for a major update in 2017 or 2018 (model year 2018-19). The refresh is expected to be fenders-forward (except a new tailgate) and interior, with aerodynamic changes. oh20 also wrote, "Dodge is currently working on a plan that would make the Ram 4500 and 5500 chassis cabs available to all Ram dealers."
The Long Hauler concept had an air suspension and massive fuel reserves so, if you had the bladder, you could put in a full day's drive. Here's the full Long Hauler story and status update (as part of a January 2014 interview).
Long story short: we no longer expect to see it.
Commercial heavy-duty trucks (e.g. tractors, class 7-8) might be planned, though they could be Ivecos, and aren't expected until 2019 at the earliest. In 2013, then-head-of-Ram Fred Diaz said that these were discussed, but leaders decided that they did not know the market well enough yet.
We should see minor updates to the chassis cabs and heavy duty pickups for model year 2017, with major updates in 2019, and a minor rebranding of some models to the "Ram Professional" line.
A version of Iveco Daily now looks as though it's far away if it will ever arrive; it is not on the plan through 2018. There are no stated refreshes of the ProMaster or ProMaster City, which are both recent.
Ram was considering a large SUV, according to Fiat Chrysler (FCA) CEO Sergio Marchionne in October 2015. He noted that a large SUV was made possible both by an upcoming redesign, which could lower engineering costs of making the variant, and by having a higher-capacity plant to build them in. This may be one response to stepped-up competition from GM and Ford.
General Motors dominates the large SUV market. It is unlikely that Ram would manage more than 40,000 sales per year, but that could be enough if engineering costs were kept down and it was made on the Ram 1500's assembly line.
This would be the first Ram SUV; to date, all SUVs have been branded as Jeep, Dodge, and Chrysler.
Mr. Marchionne also said that they would be exploring "some other segments" for the Ram.
Large SUVs are very profitable for GM, but GM also has high volumes. With over 400,000 large-SUV sales per year under stable gasoline prices, the market for large SUVs may grow; one wildcard is Ford's upcoming aluminum-bodied Expedition.
The Wagoneer, a luxury Jeep above the Grand Cherokee and Durango, is still planned, and it's the Durango name may be used on a minivan-based crossover or another vehicle, such as a future rear wheel drive Journey replacement. For the moment, it's getting upgrades.
One correspondent reported: "Grand Wagoneer looks just like the classic Wagoneer with a bit of Durango styling." Wagoneer has been all but confirmed, and should have a longer body, like Durango, but with the Jeep suspension setup rather than Durango's on-road-biased system. Either Wagoneer or a vehicle above it is expected to hit six figures in its ultimate form.
A supercharged "Hellcat" V8 may join the Grand Cherokee lineup for 2017 (model or calendar year?), with a first-for-the-engine all wheel drive.
The redesigned Grand Cherokee may be delayed from its 2017 due date to switch underpinnings from the original plan, which would have kept much of the current design. Rumors are now flying over whether Grand Cherokee, Wagoneer, and Durango will continue on their own platform, or switch to a new setup jointly developed with Alfa Romeo.
A minivan-based crossover, code RA, was planned but appears to have been cancelled in May/June 2016.
Engineer Steven St. Laurent noted a new patent filed by Chrysler, covering an extension of stowable seats. The "Stow 'n' Go" system in Chrysler and Dodge minivans allows owners to easily fold the middle and rear seats into the floor, providing a completely flat surface for moving large objects (or lots of small ones); when not in use, owners can use the under-floor space for added storage.
Like related Chrysler stowable-seat patents of 2014, this one focuses on simplicity of construction and usage.
Instead, using fewer parts, the new seats can apparently be folded forward and down into the floor. In addition, they provide unobstructed space between the bottom of the seat and the floor, for other passengers' feet and whatnot. (The patent actually provides for more than one arrangement using pivotable couplings.)
Mr. St. Laurent wrote,
Chrysler is seeking to have rear and middle seats in new-generation trucks and SUVs fold completely into the floors — a flat surface vs a 5-10° incline when folding middle or rear seats (e.g. in Durango). It is now simpler to drop the seat and align it to the floor tub, without much effort. The seat back will be the surface of the floor. It would interest anyone who uses the interior space of the truck or SUV for storage. [It could also be helpful for using] the rear of the quad-cab Ram truck for sleeping when driving on long trips, by folding the seat and placing a mat on top when switching drivers. In an SUV, flat rear space for cargo is better what I am seeing in any SUV.
The inventors were Michigan residents Walter Holzhueter and Todd McCann.
The Gladiator concept truck was driven on-stage at a 2010 dealer meeting, with an indication that something like it might be made. Sergio Marchionne later said it would probably be a Wrangler-based vehicle with a short bed. A Mopar pickup kit followed, then a September 2011 statement that a Jeep pickup is still a few years out. It now appears to be slated for 2019.
Two new pickups have been rumored but neither appears to be on the way. One is a Ram 50-sized compact powered by the Tiger Shark four cylinder, due for Mexican production so they can sell it all over North and South America without duties — both the South American and North American free trade zones include Mexico. This appears to have been replaced by a bigger Fiat Strada pickup (sold as Ram 700 in Mexico) and a Mitsubishi L200 pickup, neither of which are likely to appear in the US.
The Dodge Dakota replacement, which we first mentioned in 2007, which morphed into a European-oriented, metric-ton pickup, has most likely been dropped, most likely partly due to increased competition from both Ford and GM. It was beginning to look as though the Mitsubishi L200 would become the basis for a Dakota or "not just Mexico" Ram 700, but that faded when Nissan took over Mitsubishi.
We are still providing some renderings based on earlier plans. Suzq044 has provided two renderings showing possible design directions, along with the one above from JackRatchett. JackRatchett was basing his off statements that a minivan-based truck would be made at Windsor; this now appears to be unlikely, though it's still possible that the forthcoming pickup will come from the new minivan platform. All the "future Dakota" stories.
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|Orgy of Sound - GD & ABB - 35 yrs ago at RFK Stadium
Grateful Dead
|Tens of thousands of Music Lovers scrambled into Washington DC for this famous weekend. This was first time for the Dead at RFK Stadium. Somewhere between 60,000 and 100,000 of us made it inside the Stadium each day. Dead played 1st on Saturday. Allman Bros played 1st on Sunday. We all know the Sunday show is legendary. It's loved by countless thousands of us. The 8-hour show by GD on Sunday was a momentous Modal Spectacle - with the jam w/ Dickey Betts, Butch Trucks, and Merl Saunders at the end.
|It was The Sound System that was so extraordinary for this incredible weekend. By far, this was The Best Sound I ever heard come out of a PA System, period. It was an Orgy of Sound. Both days - the "proto" wall of sound is nailed! The Grateful Dead, The Crew, Alembic, and The Engineers "set the bar" for Best Sound on The Planet. It all began on Saturday, June 9th - the "little brother" show to June 10th. It's been over-looked for all these years.
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The Christmas spirit was in full swing Thursday at the Immaculata Conception Catholic school gymnasium.
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Every Christmas, the Immaculate Conception Church hosts the Bounty of Bethlehem event that welcomes the entire community to share a meal with their fellow neighbors.
No one is turned away.
It takes about 600 volunteers to kick off the bounty and every one of them will tell you, Its all about giving back to the community.
And thats what they did. They provided about 3,500 free meals to the community throughout Christmas Day.
Obviously, there is an enormous amount of food that is needed for the celebration.
It took more than 240 turkeys and hams and about 1,500 pounds of potatoes to feed the massive crowd. There was also a bountiful amount of green beans, dressing, rolls and dessert on hand for the gathering.
Santa was on hand as well to give out presents to the children from a table piled high with packages wrapped with care.
Tom Brown, Jennifer Scott and Carol Duermit performed Christmas music to the joyous crowd.
Selfless dedication
Ray Hair, a chairperson for the Bounty of Bethlehem, has devoted most of the Christmas season preparing for the event.
Someone asked him last week if he had finished his Christmas shopping.
I was so embarrassed and kind of ashamed because we havent even put up a Christmas tree at my house, Hair said. This is our Christmas. It is so much bigger than being just in our house.
It is that type of selfless dedication that drives the Bounty of Bethlehem.
The Bounty of Bethlehem is a gift for all of Henderson County, to everyone in Henderson County, he said.
A lot of people need a place to come to on Christmas Day. There is also a need for people who want to give their time and service to others, he added.
It comes beautifully together, he said.
Hair has been volunteering his time for the bounty every year since 2002 and this year his family is also involved.
After a rainy and dreary week, the sun came out on Christmas Day and temperatures rose above 60 degrees.
Its a gorgeous day to see how big the heart of Henderson County is, Hair said. I have 3,500 of my best friends in here to celebrate Christmas, he said. What more could you ask for?
The Immaculata Conception gym was turned into a large dining hall. Several servers rushed across the floor to put food on all the tables where the guests were seated.
Sandra Reid has been coming to the bounty for five years. This year, she was with her son, Raymond, a Hendersonville Middle School student, and her 3-year-old grandson, Tayshawn Collins.
We love coming here where so many people come together, Sandra said.
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RENGARAJU Raj Kumar is the Director of Public Affairs for the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF). He took up this post in July 2014.
After graduating from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Science degree (Honours) in Sociology, Raj Kumar joined the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1986. He has served numerous stints in the Ministry's Headquarters as well as overseas postings.
He was deployed twice to the Southeast Asia Directorate (1986-1987 and 1991-1993) and as the Deputy Director in the ASEAN Directorate (1996-1999). Raj Kumar was First Secretary in the Singapore High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Subsequently, he was appointed First Secretary and then Counsellor in the Singapore Embassy in Manila, in the Philippines.
He helped establish two of Singapore's overseas Missions. In 2000, the Singapore Consulate-General in San Francisco, USA was opened and he was appointed as its first Consul-General. He also helped open the Singapore Consulate in Batam, Indonesia in 2009 and was appointed as its first Consul. Raj Kumar has also served as the Acting High Commissioner and Counsellor at the Singapore High Commission in Pretoria. Later, he became the Consul in the Singapore Consulate in in Pekanbaru, Indonesia. Upon his return to Ministry Headquarters in August 2013 he was appointed Deputy Chief of Protocol/Policy, Privileges and Immunities.
Raj Kumar is married to Ms Yogini YOGARAJAH and they have a son.
Mr Rafael SECADESSenior Deputy Director
Rafael Secades Riestra, a Spanish national, joined ASEF in September 2010 as Project Manager, Public Affairs. He deputises for the ASEF Director of Public Affairs in the management of the department.
Prior to his appointment at ASEF, he worked in the private sector in Spain. His responsibilities as Commercial Director of INGENIAqed, a major industry player in Spain's culture sector, included managing international projects such as the Future Pavillion, one of the largest pavillions at the Shanghai Expo 2010.
In Spain, Rafael's life was linked to the development of the Internet. He has witnessed first-hand, since 1994, the evolution of the Internet into what we know of it today. From 2001 to 2004, he was manager, Association of Friends of the Internet, where he was responsible for the launch and management of Cibercentro La Lila, one of the earliest Community Technology Center in Europe linking IT and culture. He also worked as technology consultant in Babylon, the first data sharing between the botanical gardens of Spain and Portugal, and Permeso, the production and distribution of eBooks of the Classics. He was a director, producer and presenter, spending four years in television and two years in radio broadcasting, covering the Internet and IT related topics.
Rafael graduated with a Bachelor in Business Administration. He also holds a Masters degree in International Business (Chinese culture, language and negotiation) and a diploma as an expert in SME internationalization from the Escuela de Organizacion Industria (EOI). His passion for Asia was what made him join ASEF.
Ms Debasmita DASGUPTAPress Manager
Debasmita DASGUPTA (aka Smita) has been working in the field of development communications for over a decade. She is specialised in handling international media relations and implementing social communications campaigns including the 1 Billion Hungry Campaign for UN-FAO India. She has worked extensively in India, South-East Asia and in parts of Europe.
Smita joined ASEF in October 2010 and currently she is the Press Manager for the organisation. Prior to her appointment in ASEF, she was managing communication portfolios for various international non-profit organisations in India including Oxfam, UN-FAO and International Council on Security and Development (ICOS). She has dealt with issues such as women and girl child rights, climate change, global food security, human trafficking and HIV/AIDS.
Experienced in conceptualising and implementing multi-media initiatives for social chnage, she enjoys photography, creative writing and experimenting with her illustrations. Her graphic novels for children are published Katha and Pratham, two of the most reputed children book publishers in India.
Mr Dominic LIMCommunications Executive
Dominic LIM is a Singaporean who joined ASEF in January 2016 as Communications Executive in the Public Affairs Department. Prior to his appointment at ASEF, he was with the Parliament of Singapore, serving as the Education and Publicity Executive where he led various international relations, outreach, and media communications initiatives. He was part of the 24th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Seminar organising committee, and has supported various international parliamentary meetings, notably the 34th General Assembly of ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) in Brunei Darussalam.
He was also with Singapore's National Heritage Board, creating and managing new programs and campaigns to drum up attention for special exhibitions in the Peranakan Museum. He has successfully organised numerous events like Fashion and Fusion: Sarong Kebaya weekend festival and Straits Family Sunday programs.
Dominic graduated with a Bachelor of Communications majoring in Public Relations from Murdoch University, Australia, and a Diploma in Engineering Informatics from Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore.
Dominic's interest includes horticulture, jogging, travelling and playing various classical instruments such as the Cello, Organ and a Chinese lute called the Pipa.
Ms Jimin HWANGCommunications Executive
Jimin HWANG joined ASEF in May 2016 as a Communications Executive.
Before ASEF, she worked at the International Information and Networking Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHCAP), based in Korea, where she managed the web channels, constructed and managed the database on intangible cultural heritage, and participated in the production of various audiovisual materials, including a series of animations for children.
Jimin graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Bio and Brain Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) in Information and Media Management, also from KAIST, where she conducted research on UI/UX using the eye tracking device.
Ms Angelina CHEWAdmin/Communications Executive
Angelina CHEW, Singaporean, joined ASEF on 5 January 2015 as Admin/Communications Executive.
Prior to joining ASEF, Angelina was a Publications Executive with the Asian Media Information and Communications Centre based in Singapore. She administered the Publications Unit handling tasks ranging from editorial, pre-press, liaison with authors, publishers, and printing vendors, and negotiation on copyrights. She was also involved in the distribution of publications and journals to local retailers and overseas distributors such as Amazon.com and other major international aggregators in North America.
She graduated with Bachelor Degree in Communication Studies from Monash University, Australia and a Diploma in Business Studies from Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore. She has participated in several focus groups on the Lifelong Learning Project for Senior Citizens, an initiative launched by a Singaporean government agency.
She enjoys reading, backpacking and photography.
Ms Yusfarhain YUSOFFIntern
Yusfarhain YUSOFF joined ASEF in April 2016 as an intern for the Public Affairs Department, managing ASEF's social media platforms and assisting on projects including the ASEF Photo Exhibition, "On the Go".
Yusfarhain is currently a third-year undergraduate pursuing a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Public Policy and Global Affairs and a Second Major in Communication Studies at Nanyang Technological University. Prior to her internship, she participated in an exchange with Institut d'études politiques de Paris, studying European social policy and international relations with a focus on Latin America and the Middle East.
Previously, Yusfarhain led the careers committee of her university's students' union, and was a stage manager for several theatre productions. She intends to pursue graduate studies in International Public Management after completing her Bachelor's.
In her free time, Yusfarhain enjoys theatre and Scandinavian crime fiction.


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By Douwe Miedema
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A conflict over a U.S. plan to force foreign banks to hold more capital should be part of talks about a free trade agreement between United States and the European Union, a top EU official said.
Michel Barnier, the 27-nation bloc's regulation commissioner, said a comparison between EU and U.S. rules that prohibit banks from gambling with their own money should also be on the agenda of the talks.
The two sides have agreed to include the rules for access to their markets by foreign companies in the trade talks, but not the wider and more contentious issue of financial regulation.
"The difference is to know whether we have one channel for negotiations, or two. And if there is a single channel, things will be deeper, more global and faster," Barnier told a lunch with journalists on Tuesday.
Talks on the landmark free-trade agreement between the two blocs - the world's largest trade and investment partners - got off to a good start, U.S. and EU officials said last week. The two sides aim to reach a deal by late 2014.
Barnier met U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew this week, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman, Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White, as well as a number of politicians dealing with banking regulation.
He has lashed out against a new Federal Reserve rule that forces foreign banks units to allocate more capital, which he has said could sow discord among supervisors and lead to retaliation abroad.
The EU push to include the rule - which one of Barnier's staffers called an "obvious potential area of conflict" - into the trade talks is at odds with the U.S. position of keeping the two discussions separate.
When meeting Barnier, "Lew emphasized that prudential and financial regulatory cooperation should continue in existing and appropriate global fora," according to a readout of the meeting by a U.S. Treasury official.
But Barnier continues to push for including financial regulation with market access under the trade talks.
"There's no question of having such an agreement on access without having a regulatory level playing field. This would make no sense at all," Barnier said at the lunch.
Barnier last week struck a deal with the top U.S. derivatives regulator on how to treat foreign companies in their respective regions, which he said was a good example of how such complex issues should be dealt with.
(Reporting by Douwe Miedema; Editing by Tim Dobbyn)


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About Prolotherapy offers the following resources for those wanting to explore prolotherapy further...
Articular Cartilage Regeneration
In this article first published in the Journal of Prolotherapy, the regeneration of cartilage is discussed using Prolotherapy. This is a non-surgical technique. Because cartilage has a poor ability to heal, surgeons are now following the lead that it is better to stimulate cartilage growth rather than remove it. In Prolotherapy this is accomplished with injections.
In new research from May 2015, researchers expand the opportunities and challenges of regenerating cartilage including the use of stem cell therapy.In this research it is agreed that Adult articular cartilage has a very low self-regeneration capacity due to its avascular nature, BUT, the regeneration of articular cartilage surface is critical in order to prevent the progression to osteoarthritis. They cite a lack of standardization in the treatment process as a major pitfall. Sakata R, Iwakura T, Reddi AH. Articular Cartilage Regeneration: Challenges and Opportunities. Tissue Eng Part B Rev. 2015 May 8. [Epub ahead of print]
Below is research from 2009 that gave evidence for dextrose Prolotherapy as a standard treatment.
Ross A. Hauser, MD Journal of Prolotherapy. 2009;1:39-44.
Articular Cartilage Regeneration Abstract
What most people may not realize is that chondrocytes, the cells that make articular cartilage, are metabolically active. Chondrocytes proliferate and actively make articular cartilage. Osteoarthritis is an example of this, in that both the degradation and synthesis of articular cartilage are enhanced. It is well known that in osteoarthritis, chondrocytes retain their proliferative activity. Osteophytes or bone spurs are an example of this activity.
Another example of adult articular cartilage cells' replication is acromegaly. In this condition the body produces an excessive amount of human growth hormone and with it, articular cartilage. Acromegalics often suffer from joint abnormalities caused by proliferation of chondroytes in articular cartilage. In other words, they produce too much cartilage. When a healthy articular cartilage cell is injured, it demonstrates an enhanced reparative response and can replicate its DNA to form new cells. The rate of formation of articular cartilage can be enhanced by such stimuli as altered hydrostatic pressure, varied oxygen tension, growth factors, as well as nutrient and substrate manipulation.
If by traditional orthopedic surgery or medical standards, articular cartilage injury or degeneration causes such symptoms as knee pain, stiffness, clicking, crunching, and inability to walk, then the reversal of such symptoms with Prolotherapy must mean that articular cartilage regeneration has taken place. In this scientific editorial, the author makes the case for using Prolotherapy as the treatment of choice for degenerated joints.
Simply put, I believe that articular cartilage is regenerated with Prolotherapy.
In my opinion, Prolotherapy should be the treatment of choice for most cases of pain involving the degeneration of a joint. It is common knowledge that even the most effective current treatments for osteoarthritis do not restore the joint. Conservative treatments such as exercise, medications, physical therapy, and lifestyle modification can decrease symptoms and improve mobility, but they do not reverse the disease. I believe if Prolotherapy were utilized to its fullest in the treatment of knee, shoulder, and other peripheral joint degenerative conditions, it would be shown to be the one treatment that does restore some, or most, of the degenerated structures, as well as the functions of the joint. What most people may not realize is that chondrocytes, the cells that make articular cartilage, are metabolically active.1 Yes, chondrocytes do proliferate and actively make articular cartilage. In normal cartilage, there is a strict regulation of cartilage turnover, a delicate balance between synthesis and degradation. The problem is, for those suffering from osteoarthritis, the system is imbalanced. There is more cartilage degeneration than rebuilding.
In osteoarthritis, both degradation and synthesis of articular cartilage are enhanced. The problem is that the "messenger" molecules that allow cells to communicate and alter one another's functions, called cytokines, cause more breakdown of articular cartilage than repair. The catabolic (break down) cytokines IL-1, TNF-a, IL-17, and IL-18 act to decrease extracellular matrix synthesis (cartilage synthesis). The anabolic cytokines (substances that build up) IGF-1, TGF-B1, 2, and 3, fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) 2, 4, and 8, and the bone morphogenetic proteins act to stimulate extracellular matrix synthesis.2,3 In osteoarthritis, unfortunately, the catabolic cytokines are winning.
It is well known that in osteoarthritis, chondrocytes retain their proliferative activity.4,5,6 As a matter of fact, a number of biochemical studies have demonstrated enhanced synthesis of the extracellular matrix of cartilage.7,8 Chondrocytes attempt to repair the damaged matrix in osteoarthritis by increasing their anabolic activity.9,10 One of the reasons for this is that on a molecular level, a significant proportion of adult articular chondrocytes start to re-express a chonodroprogenitor phenotype in osteoarthritic cartilage degeneration, which is comparable to the chondroprogenitor phenotype observed in fetal skeletal development.11,12 In other words, with injury/ degeneration, the adult chondrocyte cells change to more "primitive" cells, which have more proliferative ability. In the natural history of the disease, despite this increased activity, a net loss of proteoglycan content (extracellular cartilage matrix) is one of the common features of all stages of osteoarthritic cartilage degeneration.13 One of the main hallmarks of osteoarthritis in a joint is the development of prominent osteochondral nodules known as osteophytes. These are also called osteochondrophytes or chondro- osteophytes. Most of us know them as bone spurs. Indeed, the presence of Adult Acrome the probl much c osteophytes in a joint, more than any other pathological feature, distinguishes osteoarthritis from other arthritides.14 Osteophytes are an example of new cartilage and bone development in osteoarthritc joints, and arise from tissue associated with the chondro-synovial junction or from progenitor cells residing in the perichondrium.15,16 This basically means there is a population of joint cells (pluri- potential cells) that can respond to injury and differentiate into cells that make cartilage and bone. The purpose of osteophytes is presumed to be the stabilization of joints affected by osteoarthritis.17
When larger osteophytes are examined from human patients, areas of hyaline cartilage can be seen to extend to the surface of the osteophyte. These cartilaginous issues resemble genuine articular cartilage in chondrocyte orphology and in extracellular matrix. Interestingly, the anabolic factors TGF-B and TGF-B2 have been found n osteophytes from human femoral heads.18 Again his signifies that adult articular cartilage retains repair anabolic) activity. One of the major problems in osteoarthritis care today is traditional medicine's inability to promote effective cartilage regeneration in the presence of adult hondromalacia (cartilage degeneration). (The author has also written on Microfracture surgery for articular cartilage repair.)
Yet such regeneration is consistently present in acromegalics. Acromegaly is a condition whereby the pituitary gland ecretes too much human growth hormone (HGH). It is a disease characterized by the gradual enlargement of the bones of the hands, feet, head and chest, and thickening of the skin, lips and vocal cords. What is also characteristic of this condition is that there is an excessive amount of articular cartilage in both weight-bearing (knees) and on-weight-bearing joints.19
Acromegalics often suffer from joint abnormalities caused by the proliferation of hondrocytes in articular cartilage. Since this condition ypically occurs after puberty, the increased human rowth hormone secretion in acromegaly somehow, either directly or indirectly, stimulates adult chondrocytes (cartilage cells) to ith y have m of too tilage. make cartilage. People with acromegaly have tremendously thick articular cartilage, which can be diminished by decreasing their HGH secretion.20 HGH is known to cause the liver to increase production of Insulin-like rowth factor-1 (IGF-1). Circulating and locally produced GF-1 is known to stimulate DNA synthesis, cell eplication, and proteoglycan and glycosaminoglycan ynthesis in articular chondrocytes.21 IGF-1 and HGH ave both been shown to stimulate the growth and repair f adult articular cartilage.22,23,24 One reason for this artilage growth can be that some cartilage cells have GH receptors.25
More Evidence of Cartilage Regeneration
What happens to articular cartilage when it is subjected to mechanical trauma? It is important to consider the main issue. Can adult articular cartilage respond to appropriate stimuli by an increase in its synthetic activities for DNA and matrix components? In other words, can chondrocytes replicate and make cartilage?
Central to this discussion is the consideration of the ability of any tissue to increase its rate of DNA and protein synthesis. Regardless of the tissue involved, the process of repair is a cellular one in the sense that fibroblasts, or specific cells (osteoblasts, chondrocytes for example), must synthesize the repair material. For the most part, these are "new" cells that evolve by cell replication and modulation of existing cells, or from cells that have migrated either from the margins of the wound or from blood vessels entering the tissue. It is therefore important to recognize that DNA replication and cell division are essential characteristics of any repair process. The confusion in regard to articular cartilage repair stems from the fact that chondrocytes from immature cartilage are capable of dramatic repair and synthesis, whereas aging chondrocytes show much lower rates of cell replication.26,27
This is where the notion of "cartilage cells don't replicate" stems from. The problem with this logic is that a normal adult chondrocyte is phenotypically different from an injured chondrocyte. Analysis of cartilage from joints with osteoarthritis has demonstrated, over and over again, an increased number of cells in clones and evidence for DNA synthesis by a number of means including 3H-thymidine metabolic studies, autoradiography, and even histological demonstration of mitotic figures.28,29,30 These data suggest that under circumstances of chronic injury, such as is seen in osteoarthritis or trauma, chondrocytes are capable of mounting a significant reparative response and can replicate their DNA to form new cells.31 This is fact. Chondrocytes can divide, and do so in the adult animal/ human with osteoarthritis and from other stimuli. Ample evidence now exists that articular chondrocytes from immature and adult animals can vary the rate at which they make cartilage matrix necessary for repair. This rate of proteoglycan synthesis can change in response to such diverse physical and pathological states as osteoarthritis (as discussed), altered hydrostatic pressure, varied oxygen tension, alternations in pH, calcium concentration, substrate concentration, and the presence of growth hormone (as discussed), growth factors, ascorbate, vitamin E, and so on.32,33,34,35,36 I could easily elaborate on each of these, but the reader is encouraged to check the references for further information. Therefore, it is reasonable to conclude from the above that injured adult articular cartilage chondrocytes have the capacity to substantially increase their rate of matrix synthesis, and that the possibility exists of chondrocyte participation in the repair of articular cartilage. All that is really needed is a method to stimulate that repair maximally. This is where Prolotherapy fits in.
Prolotherapy for Joint Degeneration
George S. Hackett, MD coined the term Prolotherapy. As he describes it, "To the treatment of proliferating new cells, I have applied the name Prolotherapy from the word prolix (Latin), meaning offspring; proliferate-to produce new cells in rapid succession. My definition of Prolotherapy as applied medically in the treatment of skeletal disability is 'the rehabilitation of an incompetent structure by the generation of new cellular tissue.'"37
While traditionally used for ligament and tendon repair, Prolotherapy has a long history of being used for degenerative joint disease.38,39,40,41 Like the chronic knee pain study published in February 2009 issue of the Journal of Prolotherapy,42 Prolotherapy has remarkable pain-relieving effects. But when a person with degenerative knee arthritis reports less stiffness and crunching in the knee, as well as improved motion, are we to assume that there has been cartilage repair? I would answer the question with an emphatic "yes" in most cases. But some would remain skeptical. This is why the February 2009 issue of the Journal of Prolotherapy also presented five before and after X-rays of knees showing cartilage regeneration.43
Does this prove that all Prolotherapy treatments on degenerated knees stimulate cartilage regeneration? Absolutely not! But it surely shows that Prolotherapy treatments to human knees do have the potential to regenerate articular cartilage.
For those who have had numerous treatments and have seen the function, signs, and symptoms of their degenerated joints reverse with Prolotherapy, is it reasonable to assume that the articular cartilage is being stimulated to repair?
- How else would you explain a decline in stiffness, clicking, and crunching in the person's knee treated with Prolotherapy?
- How do you explain the inability to walk or do any athletics, but yet with a number of Prolotherapy injections into and around the knee, the person regains his walking ability and is now able to perform athletics?
- How about improvement with Prolotherapy in those patients who have been told they need knee replacements, or those whose doctors say there is no other treatment available for them?
What about in these cases? If the person receives Prolotherapy to their end-stage osteoarthritic joint and not only do they not need a knee replacement, they are back to dancing, how do you explain it? Placebo? I think not. Something has changed.
Their joint architecture has changed. There has been some rebuilding inside their joints. In essence, they have a regenerated joint. The chondrocytes have been activated to start making cartilage and that cartilage has been laid down. I believe in changed lives. I believe a changed life is enough. In other words, if a person cannot walk much because of a degenerated knee and has been told by an orthopedist that he needs a knee replacement, but he refuses and decides instead to get Prolotherapy, and if after Prolotherapy treatments he can walk well with virtually no symptoms, I am satisfied. Their life was changed with Prolotherapy. I believe the patients when they tell me that it was the Prolotherapy that turned their lives around. I believe that the Prolotherapy regenerated the injured tissues. I believe that the person can now have a full life. That full life is because of Prolotherapy. Prolotherapy worked for them. I do not need an MRI or X-rays or a biopsy of cartilage cells to know that Prolotherapy worked! The bottom line is you can't have it both ways.
If the orthopedist is saying to a patient that your knee pain, grinding, crunching, pain upon bending your knee, and your inability to walk without a limp is from your cartilage degeneration and you need a knee replacement, then the opposite must also be true. If that same patient, after receiving Prolotherapy to the knee, has no more, or very little, pain, grinding, etc., can walk unlimited and does hiking and climbing, then it must mean that their degenerated cartilage has been regenerated! To put it bluntly, Prolotherapy regenerated their cartilage!
This is my main point! I know there are a lot of skeptics out there. They want "evidence" that Prolotherapy works. They need to see before and after X-rays and MRIs. Well, that is part of the purpose of the Journal of Prolotherapy. The goal is to educate the world on the life-changing effects of Prolotherapy. Some of the people in the world who need educating are the traditional doctors who treat pain patients. They need to know of the life-changing effects of Prolotherapy on degenerated joints. One of the effects of Prolotherapy is to change a degenerated joint without much cartilage to a joint that has more cartilage. How will that appear to the physician examining the joint? The doctor would notice a smooth-gliding joint instead of a joint that makes grinding, clicking, and popping sounds while the physician puts the joint through its range of motion. It is definitely noticeable and demonstrable. To the patient, the joint after Prolotherapy will produce much less crunching or clicking sounds when the knee or joint is moved, as well as when going up and down stairs. As a given, he will experience less pain and stiffness.
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