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Royal Cliff's Restaurants Receive Wine Spectator's Best of Award of Excellence
Pattaya, Thailand –For the 9th consecutive year, 5 outstanding restaurants located within the exclusive grounds of the Royal Cliff Hotels Group have been awarded with Wine Spectator's "Best of Award of Excellence 2015" in September 2015.
The unprecedented dining experiences and exceptional wine selection that Royal Cliff's restaurants namely Caprice –A Taste of Riviera, Chrysanthemum –Dynasty Chinese Cuisine, Larn Thong –Authentic Thai Traditions, Rossini –The Godfather's Favourite and the Royal Grill Room & Wine Cellar have offered superior quality to diners all year long consequently achieved another remarkable milestone to the award-winning culinary team. Wine Spectator's "Best of Award of Excellence" began recognizing the world's best wine lists in 1981 and awards restaurants with at least 350 selections of fine wine with superior presentation appealing to a wide range of wine lovers.
"I am proud that 5 of Royal Cliff's restaurants have once again matched Wine Spectator's standards and qualifications and have been awarded with the Best of Award of Excellence." Mr. Vitanart Vathanakul, Executive Director of the Royal Cliff Hotels Group said. "I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our Executive Chef Walter Thenisch and his talented F&B team for a job well done and to thank them for all the support and dedication in helping our restaurants achieve this much celebrated success."
Royal Cliff Hotels Group is home to 11 exceptional restaurants that offer a tempting variety of dining options. Being honoured repeatedly by a highly coveted organization as the Wine Spectator has confirmed the excellent food and wine pairings they offer and the avant-garde dining experiences that all of its restaurants provide.
Situated on a 64 acre private parkland estate overlooking the stunning Gulf of Thailand, the Royal Cliff Hotels Group has been honored with multiple awards and recognition from organizations of national and international repute. It is home to four award winning 5-star hotels offering a sensory experience defined profoundly by its style, culture and elegance - all presented with the distinctive spirit of the State of Exclusivity and Fascination.
Photo Caption: Royal Cliff's Management led by Mrs. Panga Vathanakul, Managing Director (front row -5th from right), Mr. Vathanai Vathanakul, Vice President (front row -4th from right) and Mr. Vitanart Vathanakul, Executive Director (front row -5th from left) together with Royal Cliff's Food & Beverage team celebrate Royal Cliff's outstanding world record achievement of receiving 5 "Best of Award of Excellence 2015" for its award-winning restaurants from the renowned Wine Spectator Magazine in New York.


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Last week's Forward Unto Dawn episode ended on something of a cliffhanger after troubled UNSC cadet Lasky passed out during a 'capture the flag' exam gone awry. A confiscated quiche, meanwhile, lit the fuse for a fight between Lasky and his arch-nemesis cadet Vickers, while love interest Chyler Silva showed off her soldiering credentials in an early morning training drill.
With the Covenant invasion looming, Master Chief floating endlessly in space and the excitement of exam results day still to come, this week promises to be the most explosive episode yet.
Episode three begins with Halo mainstay Cortana threatening to pull the plug on a comatose Master Chief, who's now been asleep on board the UNSC spaceship for well over 1,000 days. Fortunately for all, a sudden development sees Cortana snap out of her psychosis, although the need to think things through doesn't bode well for anybody.
Back at the academy, Lasky wakes up to the news that he's got a rare cryogenic sleeping drug allergy, something which might prevent him from ever holding a rifle again. On the bright side, at least he can explain the body blisters to main squeeze Silva, saving him an embarrassing trip to the STD clinic.
With the rest of the day off, Lasky sticks on another one of his family movies (yawn), which leads Silva to ask why he continues to torture himself over the past. Perhaps she should have asked why he continues to torture us with these never-ending family films.
Lasky's pining is interrupted by the other cadets, who want to show him a classified video of what appears to be Master Chief and a crew of cybernetically-enhanced soldiers. Even more interestingly, we catch a glimpse of what they're fighting, and it's not a pretty sight.
From one bombshell to another, Lasky is told that his medical condition is severe enough for him to quit the academy. Typically, Lasky sticks on another family video (of sorts), which is when we finally find out the fate of his bigger bro.
For those who enjoy a bit of romance, the next scene is the one we've all been waiting for. Lasky and Silva finally plant one on each other after an emotional heart-to-heart about his future at the academy. With all of the bad luck he's had, Lasky deserved that one. Things are most definitely looking up.
Or at least they would be for anyone other than the hapless Lasky, who's denied second base not by a slap to the face, but by the academy's emergency alarm system urging all cadets to report to the tower. This is not a drill, people!
After two and a half episodes, this is where Forward Unto Dawn finally kicks into gear. Confused and just a bit scared, the cadets have no idea what's going on, except for Lasky, who correctly identifies that the academy is under attack. It's about now that a number of enemy ships appear, in what's without doubt one of the more intense and unsettling scenes of the series so far.
In what proves to be a bigger mistake than the development of Halo Wars, the blonde cadet uses her family's clout to get a lift out of "danger" and away from the team, something which ultimately leads to her doom. The crumbling tower looks incredible, and is further proof that the Forward Unto Dawn team know how to do special effects.
The final scene is the best of the lot, as the Covenant invaders are introduced in the flesh for the very first time, energy swords and all. Lasky witnesses their destructive force and promptly gets the hell out of dodge with Silva in tow. In terms of cliffhangers, it sure beats failing an exam or a brief glimpse of a spaceship.
This week's Forward Unto Dawn really stepped it up a notch, setting the scene for what should be an action-packed and intense last couple of episodes. It's nice to see the Lasky/Silva romance develop, but even better to see the Covenant invaders smashing stuff up with those impressive energy swords. More of the same next week please.
Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn will return for episode four next Friday, October 26 at Machinima.
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IDW and Wizards of the Coast have been working together lately to churn out a growing number of Dungeons and Dragons related comic books and the latest of these is a new Forgotten Realms series. Avid readers will remember that I did a review of the trade paper-back version of the re-release of the original Forgotten Realms comics a while back. Not long after that the announcement of this new series was made and I have been waiting ever since to get my hands on the first issue. Thankfully the wait is now over, the comic read and the reviewing has begun.
First off, this book is actually written by Ed Greenwood. If you don't know who Ed is then I'm giving you a blank stare as you read this sentence. Okay I'll be nice, Ed is basically the real life Elminster and possibly an actual denizen of the Realms banished to our plane by some powerful magical spell. In other words he's kind of a big deal as far as the Forgotten Realms are concerned.
While I tend to read more Paul S. Kemp (more Erevis Cale books please!) and Bruce Cordell these days I have read a great deal of Mr. Greenwood's work over the years and was pleasantly surprised when I found out he would be penning this comic. That being said, I found this first issue of D&D FR to be okay. Not great, not mind-blowingly spectacular but also not terrible.
The story itself is good and I was sad when the issue was over as I wanted to find out what happened next to the main two characters. The art is also well done and I felt that the city of Waterdeep was well represented in the scenery.
Where this book falls down though is in the dialog. In several places it is obvious that the dialog is attempting to do the job of introducing the everyone as the characters start every conversation by calling each other by their full names. This is okay but I think a small boxed blurb about the characters when they are first introduced might have served better, especially since so many characters are introduced in this issue. Add to that the fact that the characters sometimes refer to each other with funny fake last names or by nicknames and it is really confusing. The story bounced around too much for me but this is a result of needing to introduce all of the characters to set the stage for the unfolding adventure, which is understandable.
I'm going to reserve judgement on D&D FR until I read the next two or three issues. I would say that if you are a fan of Forgotten Realms and/or Ed Greenwood then you should certainly check out this comic.


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January 2009
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
It's hard to consider any college or professional issue these days without prefacing my thoughts with the word "budget."
I have just returned from concurrent meetings of the veterinary college deans and the North American Veterinary Conference. I had the opportunity to speak with others attending and the poor economic situation impacts everyone in veterinary academia.
The national downturn in the economy is affecting the majority of our nation's colleges of veterinary medicine located at publicly funded (or assisted) universities; we are all facing severe reductions in state support that are painful to manage while conserving our core programs.
At the time of this writing, Virginia Governor Tim Kaine and the Virginia General Assembly are attempting to deal with a predicted shortfall of an estimated $3 billion in the current 2008-2010 biennium. It is a very dynamic figure, one subject to revision as more precise data emerges regarding the state's revenue projections. Also unknown is exactly how the additional budget cuts are going to affect higher education, which in the past has had some capacity to buffer itself through tuition increases.
While we cannot predict what the future will bring, all indicators forecast continued declines in state revenue, meaning we must be planning for additional state budget reductions. Here is a recap of the reductions made since 2007: During the 2007-2008 fiscal year, we sustained a $466,635 reduction in our base budget funding from the state in our 229 (experiment station and cooperative extension) and 208 (instructional) accounts. During the 2008-2009 year, we sustained one-time and base-budget reductions of $887,301. As we prepared for the 2009-2010 fiscal year, we were required to prepare and submit budget reduction plans totaling $909,224.
The math is simple; the approach we must take to managing these reductions is, of course, not simple at all. As I have stated before, our guiding principle in considering these cutbacks is to preserve the integrity of our DVM program. At our core, this is what we are obliged to do: train future generations of veterinarians. As a result, our past and future reduction plans have been, and will be, focused on programs that enhance, but are not essential for, continuing our professional programs.
Our organization is a complex system that functions as the sum of many parts. It is a very challenging task to define what elements of our teaching, service, research, and administrative programs are more or less central to the success of our DVM professional degree program. All of our college activities and functions were developed as a result of need; they were not established without careful scrutiny and thought. Our programs are highly integrated and interdependent. There are no easy solutions, and allocating our resources during this time of retrenchment is demanding the very best of our college's leadership team.
We should all remember that every one of us: faculty, staff, students, alumni and practitioner colleagues, are ambassadors for the VMRCVM. We must do all we can to make sure that everyone understands the value we bring to the veterinary world, not only in Virginia and Maryland, but around the globe. We should also do everything we can to make our college something worthy of investment from private donors.
There is much uncertainty. But what is absolutely certain in this turbulent financial environment is that we must do everything we can to help ourselves by adapting to the new economic reality.
Gerhardt G. Schurig
In This Issue...
VMRCVM's Dr. Bonnie Smith Earns Nation's Top Teaching Award
VMRCVM, Luna Innovations Partner on NIH Funded Nerve Gas Program
Animal Husbandry Staff Helps Provide Safe Environment for Animals and Humans
Memory of Hannah Helps "Gracie" Serve Others
Two Alums Return to College as Faculty Members
Equine Veterinary Technicians Gather for Major CE Event in Leesburg
EMC's White Authors Comprehensive Book on Equine Colic
Maryland Researchers Pursuing Development of Avian Flu Vaccine
Massie ('95) Realizes Dream of Building Practice Near Boyhood Home
Dr. Bonnie Smith's passion for teaching is as core to her being as bones are to a vertebrate.
The veterinary anatomist in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine's Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology (DBSP) has earned more than 20 teaching awards during her 23-year career.
Now, Smith has been awarded the national Carl J. Norden-Pfizer Distinguished Teaching Award, an honor that celebrates her as the best among the thousands of professors teaching in the nation's 28 colleges of veterinary medicine.
"I feel tremendously honored," said Smith, who is the third VMRCVM faculty member to be recognized with the national veterinary profession's most prestigious teaching award in the past 10 years. "I feel tremendously humbled."
Smith was formally apprised of the honor in a letter sent from Dr. Marguerite Pappaioanou, executive director of the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC). "You have the heartfelt congratulations and enduring gratitude of the entire veterinary profession," wrote Pappaioanou in the letter. "You hold a very special place in our profession as an educator of the next generation of veterinarians, and you have shown yourself to be competent, caring and expert in your teaching ability."
"This is our profession's most prestigious teaching award and it commends a professor who has been recognized for teaching excellence throughout her career," said VMRCVM Dean Gerhardt Schurig, noting her achievement also speaks of the quality of instruction in the VMRCVM. "We're very proud of her."
As a professor of anatomy and physiology, Smith teaches aspiring veterinarians gross anatomy, physiology, embryology, and morphology. Presented early in the curriculum, these courses are so sweeping in scope and detail that they can sometimes be overwhelming. Smith is well known for her ability to simplify the material and make it clinically applicable for students.
"I try to find a balance between teaching too much and teaching too little," said Smith, adding that her goal is to provide her students with a level of understanding will enable them to be successful in school and in their professional careers. "I try to remember that I'm teaching DVM students. I'm not teaching veterinary anatomists and I'm not teaching veterinary technicians."
Smith sees the teaching process as a "partnership" between herself and her students. Her passion for teaching is fueled by her students' "willingness and hard work," she said, and she believes the national Norden award is as much a recognition of the partnership between teacher and student as it is a recognition of her.
"Let's face it," said Smith, whose clothing and jewelry often features Celtic knots because of the wholistic, integrated nature of life that they symbolize. "The students are the reason that we're here. The students need to matter. They must matter."
Based upon the rapport she seems to have with her students, they certainly do. Smith can't walk down a hall without veterinary students coming up to ask her how she is doing with her battle against cancer and giving her the occasional hug. It is apparent her students respect her as a mentor but trust her as a friend.
During Smith's tenure in the VMRCVM, her student reviews have consistently placed her in the top three to four faculty members in the college, according to Dr. Blair Meldrum, a professor in DBSP, a former associate dean for academic affairs in the college, and a person who participated in her nomination for the award.
"Bonnie epitomizes the qualities we have come to associate with teaching excellence," said Meldrum. "She has the uncommon ability to reach into students' minds and hearts to tailor instruction to meet individual learning styles and needs."
"She is a colleague for whom I have the highest regard," stated Meldrum. "Her actions are truly an example to those around her."
Sponsored by Pfizer Animal Health, this national award honors faculty members who have displayed outstanding teaching ability.
Smith received B.S. and M.S. degrees in zoology, a DVM and a Ph.D. in veterinary anatomy with a minor in human anatomy from The Ohio State University. Before joining the college in 1991, Smith was a visiting assistant professor at North Carolina State University's College of Veterinary Medicine.
Her research interests are classical morphology, functional morphology, and teratology. Smith is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, the American Association of Veterinary Anatomists, and the American Association of Anatomists.
A veterinary pharmaco-toxicologist in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine is leading a team that has been awarded almost $1 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to explore the development of a nanotechnology-based approach for protecting people from the deadly affects of nerve gases like Sarin, VX and others that can be used as agents of terror.
Dr. Marion Ehrich, a professor in the college's Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology (DBSP) and co-director of the Laboratory for Neurotoxicity Studies, will spend three years developing novel methods for delivering chemical antidotes that can mitigate the devastating effect of organophosphate-based neurotoxicants.
The experiments will involve the use of nanoparticles called fullerenes - commonly known as "Buckyballs" - that have been modified to enhance their water solubility and catalytic and antioxidant properties. The nanoWorks and Biomedical Technologies Group of Luna Innovations Inc. of Roanoke, Va., the company that is partnering with Ehrich on the work, are developing the fullerene derivatives and supporting immunoreagents.
"Organophosphorous compounds represent a class of extremely potent chemical warfare agents that can cause incapacitation and death within minutes of exposure," said Ehrich. The 1994 and 1995 Japanese subway attacks conducted by terrorists using sarin gas and the attacks on the northern Iraqi Kurds perpetrated by former dictator Saddam Hussein are both examples of chemical terrorism and warfare using organophosphate compounds, according to Ehrich.
These agents work by inhibiting the production of the enzyme acetylcholinesterase, which metabolizes the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, an agent that plays a critical role in movement and other physiological processes like respiration and digestion.
The resulting proliferation of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine unleashes a cascading sequence of clinical problems, including salivation, lacrimation or tearing of the eyes, urination, defecation, tremors, seizures, and eventually paralysis as the wildly firing synaptic junctions eventually cause muscle exhaustion, paralysis and death.
The conventional therapeutic approach for treating nerve gas exposure is to administer atropine, which blocks cholinergic receptors, and pralidoxime or 2-PAM, which can remove the organophosphate compounds from the acetylcholinesterase, explains Ehrich, provided it is administered in time.
But there are inherent limitations on the effectiveness of atropine against nerve gases that depend largely upon the amount of the agent the victim is exposed to and the amount of time that passes between the toxic insult and the time that the atropine is administered. Also, while the atropine can be effective in dealing with what is commonly referred to as the SLUD effects (salivation, lacrimation, urination and defecation), it is not effective in dealing with the brain damage that is caused by oxidative stress, or the tissue-destroying oxygen-free radicals that are generated by the toxicants.
This is because the atropine cannot pass through the "blood-brain barrier," a vascular network of brain capillaries with dense intercellular junctions that combine to create a biologically protective "sheathe" that permits some molecules to pass but inhibits others.
The inability of the atropine to pass through the blood-brain barrier substantially limits the ability to prevent the critical neurologic threat caused by the uncontrolled seizures, and the secondary neurological damage that is caused by the oxygen free-radicals generated following the seizures.
"The water-soluble fullerenes developed by Luna Innovations are an absolutely critical part of this novel approach to developing better counter-measures," said Ehrich. "We're delighted to be collaborating with them." Luna Innovations engages in the research, development, and commercialization of technologies in the areas of test measurements, sensing instrumentation and health care.
Ehrich hopes the research will be effective in two ways. First, and most important, she has preliminary results that suggest the fullerene derivatives will bind with the free organophosphate compounds. This would protect the body because the toxicants have not yet begun to exert their toxic affect.
"I want something that is going to scavenge the organophosphates," said Ehrich, who is a past president of the 6300-member national Society of Toxicology, underscoring the importance of developing countermeasures that are more effective than just atropine.
Second, since the fullerenes should be effective in crossing the blood brain barrier, she believes they should be effective in mitigating the oxygen free-radicals that play a role in the development of seizures.
The National Institutes of Health R21 grant provides $946,432 in funding, including the Luna Innovations sub-contract. It is expected to support a three-year research effort. The researchers hope to identify two effective fullerenes by May 2009 using in vitro experiments, and focus future study on those.
A clean environment is critical in every hospital. Without it, bad things can happen--the prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in human health-care facilities in recent years is just one example.
Biosecurity is a high priority for the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine's Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH), and much of the responsibility for maintaining a clean workplace rests with the hospital's husbandry staff.
These individuals are responsible for making sure all areas are cleaned and disinfected before, during, and after patients are managed in the hospital. They receive specific training in the area of biosecurity that includes proper methods for handling and disposal of wastes, cleaning, and disinfection. These protocols are important to protect against animal-to-animal and animal-to-human transfer of infectious disease.
"We make sure the hospital is safe not only for patients and clients, but students, faculty, and staff as well," explains Vanessa Walker, who supervises the large animal husbandry staff. Husbandry personnel are trained to assist with animal restraint and food preparation. If qualified, they may also be asked to help in a variety of other areas of hospital operation.
Working closely with the animals and the medical staff provides valuable experience for those who seek to learn more about veterinary medicine. In fact, many of the husbandry staff are either students in the DVM program or individuals hoping to obtain admission to the school, according to Deanna McCrudden, a licensed veterinary technician, who supervises the husbandry staff in the Small Animal Hospital.
"The work these individuals do is an important part of maintaining the health of our patients and employees," said Dr. Bill Pierson, director of the VTH. "Their diligence and reliability benefits us all."
Hannah George was, by all accounts, a bright, happy, compassionate, 15-year old girl. When she was killed with her father, prominent Roanoke cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Jeffrey George, on December 3 in a tragic car accident, there was heartache for many.
"She was just always glowing with the most radiant smile on her face. No matter what the situation was," said Sam Cox, headmaster of Faith Christian School in Roanoke where Hannah was in the ninth grade, in a Roanoke Times newspaper article. "And her greatest passion in life was horses."
It was Hannah's passion that led friends of the Georges, Bob and Susan Heath and their children, to make a donation for equine compassionate care to the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in Hannah's memory.
"Hannah loved horses," wrote Susan. "She was a beautiful person who is so missed."
In the mountains of West Virginia, a horse she never met is continuing to help others thanks to Hannah's kind spirit, the Heaths' generosity, and the talents of the surgeons in the veterinary college's Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (DLACS).
"Gracie" is a 12-year old Appendix Quarter Horse mare from the equine assisted therapy program at New River Ranch in Fayette County. The ranch has provided residential group home care and health services to abused, neglected and un-wanted children since 1988.
"Gracie, as well as other horses that belong to New River Ranch, provides a unique and valuable resource in the treatment of the children we serve," said Dr. Carl White, executive director of the ranch. "Our children have the opportunity to learn from their relationship with our horses a wide variety of lessons--such has how to give and receive love."
Gracie was first brought to the Harry T. Peters Large Animal Hospital in late 2008 for help with wound care after she received a severe laceration on her left hind leg caused by high tensile wire.
She had received the wound several months prior to her trip to the hospital and, while she had received very good care at the ranch, several inches of hard, granulation tissue had formed on the leg, preventing it from healing properly, according to Dr. Linda Dahlgren, assistant professor, DLACS, who first treated Gracie.
In addition, x-rays showed a specula bone proliferation—an outgrowth of bone on her leg at the wound site—that was also interfering with wound closure. While not life-threatening, large wounds like this can be uncomfortable and affect a horse's quality of life, explains Dahlgren. They can interfere with a horse's ability to be ridden and are often repeatedly traumatized by the opposite leg or objects around the barn area and pasture.
The first step toward recovery was to remove the abnormalities and get the wound bed healthy. Dahlgren successfully completed this with the help of Dr. Erik Noschka, resident, DLACS, and several students. This prepared the leg for a later skin graft.
After a week or so of recovery and observation, Gracie was sent home to heal over the holidays.
Gracie returned to the VTH early in the New Year for evaluation. The wound was healing properly and was ready for the graft. Dr. Julie Settlage, clinical assistant professor, DLACS, and Noschka performed the procedure in which small plugs of skin were taken from underneath Gracie's mane and placed in recipient holes made within the wound.
Skin grafts are often necessary in wounds such as Gracie's since horses have a limited amount of loose skin on their legs that can contract to cover the wound.
Bandage management during the first four to five days after a graft is highly critical, according to Settlage.
"During this time, grafts can adhere to the bandage instead of the wound and be inadvertently removed during change," she said. "In fact, grafts do not become firmly adhered to the wound bed until around the 10th day."
Because of this risk, it was recommended to keep Gracie in the hospital for extended observation.
"The Heaths' donation allowed Gracie to stay in the hospital during these critical 10 days and we were able to supervise the bandage changes and graft success," said Settlage. "At the time of discharge, it appeared as if we had a greater than 90 percent survival of the grafts—which is even higher than expected."
Since she has returned home, Gracie's wound has continued to heal with the help of the staff at the ranch, who have documented the process in pictures for the veterinarians who helped her. A full recovery is expected, according to Dahlgren.
"While we obviously cannot offer financial assistance in every case, we are very pleased the Heaths' donation in memory of Hannah George allowed us the unique opportunity to offset a small percentage of Gracie's care," said Dr. David Hodgson, head of the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences. "We are especially pleased since Gracie's good health will contribute to other children's success."
Two members of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine Class of 2000 have recently returned to the college as faculty members.
Dr. David Caudell has joined the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology (DBSP) as an assistant professor of anatomic pathology. He was most recently a molecular pathology fellow in the Comparative Molecular Pathology Laboratory in the National Cancer Institute.
In addition to his DVM, he received an A.A. in animal agriculture and agriculture technology from Virginia Tech in 1994 and a Ph.D. in pathology from the University of Maryland-College Park in 2008. He also completed a residency in anatomic pathology at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Okla.
In 2007, Caudell was the recipient of the American College of Veterinary Pathology's Young Investigator Award and was a finalist for the Merck-Merial Young Investigator.
His research interests include mouse models of hematopoietic malignancies and immunodeficiency, immunopathology, and bone marrow biology.
He is a member of the American Society of Hematology, the Washington, D.C. Veterinary Medical Association, the American Association of Veterinary Diagnosticians, and the C. L. Davis, DVM Foundation.
Dr. Julie McGhee Settlage has joined the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (DLACS) as a clinical assistant professor of surgery.
She was most recently an emergency veterinarian at Animal Emergency Hospital in Newton, N.J. and she also owned Jersey Shore Veterinarian Acupuncture in Ocean Grove, N.J. She also completed a residency at Virginia Tech's Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center. She has previously been with the VMRCVM as a clinical instructor and an adjunct professor of large animal surgery.
Settlage maintains a professional interest in colic and emergency/critical care.
She received her B.S. in biology from the College of William and Mary in 1995. She is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons and is a member of Phi Zeta and Phi Sigma Honor Society.
The Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center recently hosted the American Association of Equine Veterinary Technicians' (AAEVT) mid-Atlantic Regional Symposium in Leesburg.
Over 70 veterinary technicians who specialize in working with horses attended lectures and participated in labs in order to earn continuing education credit, learn about advances in equine veterinary care, and apply new skills.
A wealth of information was available to symposium attendees, beginning on Thursday evening as several administrative personnel from the EMC offered practice management tips. Lectures presented by EMC faculty-members on Friday and Sunday covered topics such as equine emergencies, neonate critical care, pain management, cardiology, respiratory disease, dentistry, gait analysis, and other subjects.
"Wet labs," which offered hands-on opportunities for participants to learn more about a variety of subjects, took place at the EMC over the course of the day on Saturday. Wet labs topics covered the spectrum from nuclear scintigraphy, digital radiography, ultrasound techniques, equine dentistry, hoof care, diagnostic treadmill examinations, and more.
Overwhelmingly, attendees expressed enormous satisfaction with not only the information presented at the symposium but with how well the event was organized. As one participant stated, "I just wanted to congratulate you on a wonderful seminar; I learned a lot."
"We were very pleased to have hosted this important symposium," noted Dr. Nathaniel A. White, the Jean Ellen Shehan Professor and director of the EMC.
Dr. Nathaniel White, the Jean Ellen Shehan Professor and director of Virginia Tech's Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center, has authored and edited the second edition of The Equine Acute Abdomen.
The book provides a thorough discussion of normal and abnormal anatomy and physiology of the horse's gastrointestinal tract and includes surgical techniques and medical treatments for the diseases that cause colic.
The Equine Acute Abdomen, published by Teton New Media, was co-edited by Dr. James Moore and Dr. Timothy Mair. The book offers readers information that will help them effectively identify and treat any disease of the stomach, intestines, peritoneum, liver, and abdominal wall. Complications associated with colic are also described. With more than 410 illustrations contained in 44 chapters, the volume is a valuable compendium of information.
"Dr. White is one of our most accomplished equine clinicians and researchers," said Dr. Gerhardt G. Schurig, dean of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. "This book is an important scholarly achievement and I'm sure the new edition will become an important reference text for those veterinarians, students, and horse owners who deal with equine abdominal disease."
White has authored or co-authored 152 journal articles and 36 book chapters, has published 43 abstracts, and is the author and editor of The Equine Acute Abdomen, Current Practice of Surgery, Current Techniques in Equine Surgery and Lameness and the Handbook of Equine Colic. His clinical and research interests include pathophysiology of ischemia-reperfusion, epidemiology of colic, abdominal and orthopedic surgery, and treatment of orthopedic diseases.
White received his doctor of veterinary medicine (DVM) at Cornell University in 1971. After completing an internship and residency in surgery at the University of California-Davis, he spent a year in practice before graduating with a master of science in pathology at Kansas State University in 1976. White has served on the faculty of Kansas State University, the University of Georgia, and the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine.
He was the Theodora Ayer Randolph Professor of Surgery as an eminent scholar at Virginia Tech from 1987 to 2003. White is board-certified by the American College of Veterinary Surgeons and is a past chairman of the ACVS Board of Regents. In addition, he is currently president-elect of the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP), a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the health and welfare of the horse.
A University of Maryland-led science team has developed a universal influenza vaccine for animals that may help prevent or delay another human flu pandemic.
Led by Dr. Daniel Perez, a University of Maryland associate professor and virologist in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, the team has developed a vaccine component that can be used to immunize both birds and mammals from dangerous forms of the flu, including the highly lethal H5N1 avian influenza strain.
This new universal influenza component promises to make it much easier to create a human vaccine capable of protecting humans against lethal avian bird flu strains. In addition, it can be used to vaccinate wild and domestic birds or other species, thus reducing the spread of flu viruses among these populations and decreasing the chance that deadly new human flu strains will spring from these animal reservoirs.
"We now have a vaccine that works in many animal species and can protect against any type of influenza that we want," Perez said, who does his research at the College Park campus of the veterinary college.
The vaccine for a virus is derived from the virus. The vaccine mimics the presence of the virus without causing disease, priming the body's immune system to recognize and fight against the virus. The immune system produces antibodies against the vaccine that remain in the system until they are needed. If that virus, or in some case a closely similar one is later introduced into the system, those antibodies attach to viral particles and remove them before they have time to replicate, preventing or lessening symptoms of the virus.
Perez and his team used genes from the avian flu virus H9N2 to create a live, weakened flu vaccine. This type of vaccine consists of a living but weakened form of a virus that is generally harmless.
"H9N2 is another avian influenza virus with a broad host range. It can infect both birds and mammals," Perez said. "We wanted to try to use the backbone of that virus to create a live but weakened form of the virus and make a one-size-fits-all universal vaccine."
They isolated genes from the H9N2 virus to make up a "backbone" that consists of internal genes common to other flu strains. The backbone can be used as a starting point from which to quickly create other live, weakened flu vaccines because it can be genetically modified at the surface to resemble particular flu viruses for the purposes of vaccination.
"We can attach any surface proteins to this backbone to make a vaccine specific for almost any another influenza virus," Perez said.
Most currently used vaccines offer protection for a specific animal species against a small range of virus strains. These vaccines take a long time to make (about six months for a vaccine tailored for humans) and they generally cannot be shared between species.
Avian flu viruses are so lethal to humans because they are structurally different from human strains. The human immune system does not recognize these viruses and therefore cannot defend the body against them. Because there is little natural immunity to these strains of viruses in humans, a pandemic would likely result if one of these avian flu viruses mutated to spread easily among humans. Because of increased international travel, such a virus would likely spread more easily and quickly than in past influenza pandemics.
Some avian influenza strains, including the H5N1 and H9N2 strains have shown a limited ability to infect humans who have direct contact with birds, but these virus strains cannot be easily transmitted from human to human. However, 50 percent of humans recently infected with the H5N1 strain have died, sparking growing concern among world health officials about the potential for this strain to cause a human pandemic.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says another strain of bird flu virus could mutate and become easily transmissible between humans, causing another pandemic. However, no one knows which influenza strain will undergo such a mutation. The H5N1 avian flu virus has recently caused an influenza pandemic in wild and domestic birds in Eurasian and African countries, and may be a likely candidate.
"In case of pandemic influenza, we will need a vaccine, but we cannot tell ahead of time what the virus is going to look like," Perez said. "We may prepare a vaccine before the pandemic occurs, but we don't know if that vaccine is going to be good enough."
A universal backbone that could immunize many different animal species, like the one Perez has proposed, could be modified quickly to create a vaccine for a specific virus.
"A vaccine from this backbone could be deployed much faster than one specifically tailored to humans, because the vaccine would be already available for other animals. All we would have to do is modify it, grow it, and use it in humans. We would not have to remake it from scratch," he said.
Perez and his team have already shown that a vaccine consisting of a weakened form of the H9N2 virus is capable of protecting chickens, their eggs and mice against two other lethal forms of the flu virus, including the highly lethal H5N1 avian flu. This vaccine could be administered to immunize wild and domestic birds against avian flu to minimize spread to humans.
Next they will test the vaccine in other mammals like pigs and ferrets, good models for the human immune system.
While it may be several years before scientists like Perez create an effective vaccine to protect humans against lethal H5N1 or other lethal avian bird flu strains, the universal influenza backbone will make the eventual creation of that vaccine much easier.
Dr. Tom Massie ('95) used to ponder his future while studying at Rappahannock High School 25 years ago.
Just across the highway and situated on some of the prettiest countryside in the Virginia Piedmont is the future he created: Rose Hill Veterinary Practice.
The sprawling mixed-practice located on several acres carved out of a Rappahannock County Christmas tree farm employs seven veterinarians and contains fully equipped, independent hospital facilities for both small and large animals.
"My primary focus is on Total Quality Management for all clients," said Massie, who begins his term as president of the Virginia Veterinary Medical Association (VVMA) in early 2009. "This dedication to communication and education has created a culture of incredibly bright and conscientious clients."
Massie's commitment to quality and education is visible in every sector of the complex.
Clients visiting both the small animal and the large animal practice are greeted with wall-size colorful murals. Highly trained administrative and technical staff--including one of the few licensed veterinary technicians certified in Large Animal Care—help provide state-of-the art care.
"I wanted to have a place in an area that had never had a veterinarian," said Massie, a place where clients who are "large, small or indifferent, wealthy, poor or indifferent, could get care for whatever they showed up with, and not just rudimentary, bare bones care, top-flight care."
His own caseload specializes in bovine and equine reproduction, bovine and equine embryo transfer, ultrasound, neonatology and the management of young, developing horses. He has a special interest in angular limb and hoof deformities in young horses.
On the second floor is a classroom facility that can house fifty or sixty guests for continuing education meetings and an apartment unit for fourth-year veterinary students who are training on site.
Massie is committed to fostering the next generation of veterinarians. He and his colleagues work with local 4-H groups to build awareness of the profession, and he has been very engaged with the VMRCVM's mentor/mentee program.
"I certainly feel a sense of privilege to get to work with them," said Massie. "I feel like they bring me an awful lot. I also feel like our practice is a model that maybe doesn't exist everywhere."
Massie's decision to bring modern veterinary medicine to his area of Rappahannock County can be traced to his childhood years growing up on the family beef cattle farm. There was no local veterinarian and he and his father provided a lot of care for their farm animals.
His interests in veterinary medicine became more defined after enrolling at Virginia Tech in the late 1980's and discovering that "a lot of the answers I had to a lot of the questions I had for various professors were held within professors at the veterinary school." Massie enrolled in the VMRCVM and graduated as class valedictorian in 1995.
Massie then spent the next three years gaining experience in large animal ambulatory and small animal practice while affiliated with Loudoun Veterinary Service in Purcellville, Va.
In August 1998, he purchased the home he grew up in and launched his own business, a solo ambulatory practice that he operated out of his home.
"That was a very educational year," said Massie, who had to quickly assemble business and practice management skills. "I learned a lot of that stuff the hard way."
But his business steadily grew. He added his first associate in spring 2000 and in 2001 he purchased the land for Rose Hill. He then began constructing "piece by piece, inch by inch, row by row" what has become a major veterinary hospital.
Massie says he feels honored at the prospects of beginning service as president of the VVMA and has enormous respect for those who have gone before him. "To be associated with folks who are that impassioned about what they do and get the privilege to work with them is a great honor," he said.
He believes the veterinary profession needs to build public awareness about its scope and value and he understands the need to proactively manage legislative and regulatory changes that affect the profession.
He hopes to increase equine and food animal practitioner involvement with the VVMA this year.
"The bottom line is we (VVMA) represent all veterinarians in Virginia," he said.


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The Latin Mass Society's residential training conference for priests wishing to learn the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite (Traditional Latin Mass) held at Downside Abbey, Somerset, from Tuesday August 10 to Friday August 13, was a great success.
The highlight was the Solemn Pontifical Mass celebrated at the Faldstool by Bishop Athanasius Schneider, auxiliary bishop of Karaganda in Kazakhstan on the Thursday. Fr Andrew Southwell, LMS national chaplain, and Rev Matthew McCarthy FSSP were deacon and sub-deacon, with Canon Marcus Kunkel ICKSP as assistant priest. There were over 30 priests in choir and a congregation of more than 100.
During the conference 20 priests received intensive tuition in the celebration of the usus antiquior and 11 laymen were instructed in serving the Mass.
Bishop Schneider gave a well-received keynote lecture on the priest as "Eucharistic man" and was also the main speaker at the closing conference dinner. His book, Dominus Est, which advocates receiving Holy Communion on the tongue while kneeling, has attracted worldwide attention. The conference included daily Sung Mass, Lauds and either Vespers or Compline in the evening; there was Benediction after Vespers.
Fr Ray Blake, who attended the conference, said: "Downside was a tremendous experience. Most of all I enjoyed the sense of fraternity amongst the priests, the solidarity, the sharing of our love for Holy Mother Church and her liturgy."


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Joyce: Welcome back to HEA, Cheryl! Please tell us a bit about your new release, Must Love Cowboys.
Cheryl: Must Love Cowboys is a contemporary romance with a touch of humor and a dash of suspense set on a remote ranch in southwestern Wyoming. The story is told from the point of view of shy computer specialist Tina Hayes, who has embarked on a road trip to scatter her grandfather's ashes in the Tetons and deliver his service medals to his old Army buddy, Calvin Douglas. Calvin does double duty as a cowboy and the bunkhouse cook on the Circle Bar K Ranch, which is owned by Angela and Dusty Jackson, whom you may remember from book one in the series, Cowboy Heaven. Although men make her nervous in the extreme, Tina reluctantly accepts Calvin's invitation to stay for dinner and spend the night. When Calvin is stricken by a heart attack, Tina agrees to stay on as the temporary cook until he recovers. Strange events have been happening prior to her arrival, and they become even more sinister as she helps to solve the mystery — a task that forces her to work closely with Wyatt McCabe, the one cowboy who rattles her the most.
Joyce: Is there anything interesting that's happened to you while doing research for a book?
Cheryl: The hero of the first book in an upcoming paranormal romantic suspense series was originally from India, and I did a lot of research on the languages and cultures of that country. I learned to cook some Indian foods, and I also bought a sari so I could learn how to wear it. I now have three of them. J Because they're so beautiful and inexpensive, I'd buy more, but they're a bit too fancy to wear to the grocery store. I wore one to RWA's RITA Awards last year, and I ran into several people from India who were absolutely delighted to see an American wearing a sari.
Joyce: What do you do when you get stuck?
Cheryl: As Nora Roberts once said, "You can fix anything but a blank page." So whenever I get stuck, I just keep on writing. It might be poetic, angry, sad, funny, raunchy or gibberish. It doesn't matter what it is as long as I get words on the page. Eventually, the groove will open up and I'll slide right back into it. Brainstorming with other authors or friends — sometimes even my husband — can also help a great deal. I was stuck on the motivation for a crime in this book, and a friend of mine (T.C. Winters) who writes romantic suspense novels gave me an idea that enabled me to sail right on through to the end. Of course, if all else fails, a shot of tequila will usually do the trick.
Joyce: Bottoms up!
What distracts you the most when you're trying to write?
Cheryl: Noise is very distracting to me, although Facebook and e-mails run a close second. Lots of authors write with the television on or while listening to music. That doesn't work for me. I get wrapped up in the song or the show and my muse takes a hike.
Joyce: Do you have a pet that hangs out with you while you're working?
Cheryl: My desk is in the corner of my bedroom, and Jade likes to nap while I'm writing, but she seems to prefer it when I don't make the bed. J
Joyce: Do you write by the seat of your pants (pantser!) or do you carefully plot your stories (plotter!)? Has that changed at any point in your career or maybe it changes depending on the book?
Cheryl: I'm primarily a pantser, but sometimes I get an idea that I can't work on right away, so I have to write it down or I'll lose it. It's been said that most pantsers actually do plot, they just do it in their heads, which is a fairly accurate description of my process. I've done some of my best plotting while doing something that doesn't require my constant attention, like mowing or washing dishes. I live out in the country, which means it sometimes takes an hour or more to get wherever I'm going, and I've come up with quite a few ideas while behind the wheel.
Joyce: What would be your dream vacation?
Cheryl: I'd like to go to Italy. Every time I watch Under the Tuscan Sun, it gets me going all over again. Not long ago, I decided that learning to speak Italian might be a fun hobby, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.
Joyce: I don't suppose you'd want to share a picture of you with your '80s or '90s hair or perhaps a prom picture?
Cheryl: I'm only sharing this because it's the last time I weighed under 140 pounds. I owe that weight loss to the Cambridge Diet, which should give you some idea (along with the hair) as to how long ago that was. *sigh* Wish I still had those eyebrows.
Joyce: Ha! Thanks for sharing!
What do you do in your spare time?
Cheryl: I have a home and family to take care of, plus a garden, a huge yard, a 20-acre pasture and two horses. I'm always busy with something. Earlier this evening, my husband asked if I was bored (I was sitting at the kitchen table staring off into space while waiting for the oven timer to ding), and I replied that I'm seldom bored, always busy and usually tired.
Joyce: What are you working on now?
Cheryl: I'm currently working on a contemporary paranormal romantic suspense trilogy that was inspired by a dream I had about being in a plane crash. Each book focuses on a different heroine/survivor, and because the stories are so closely interwoven, I'm writing all three books before I even think of shopping the series around or self-publishing it. I recently finished the second book, and I've written a page or two on the third. While the romance is as important as the mystery to each story, the love scenes are not as explicit as my readers have come to expect. The lower heat level may disappoint some readers, but it simply didn't mesh with the tone of the series. After that, I plan to write a "second-generation" Cat Star Chronicles book, and there's a spinoff series to the Cat Star books that has been waiting in the wings for a very long time.
Joyce: Thanks, Cheryl!
About Must Love Cowboys:
Shy computer specialist, dog lover, and amateur chef Tina Hayes has a thing for firefighters, but when she travels to the Circle Bar K ranch on family business, the ranch's cowboys have no trouble persuading her to stay on as their cook. Especially not when she learns that brooding Wyatt McCabe-a man who makes her heart gallop like no one else can-is also a former firefighter.
Wyatt's sizzling embraces leave Tina breathless. But being surrounded by a passel of smokin' hot ranch hands can be complicated. With so many cowboys courting Tina all at once, Wyatt must prove to Tina that she belongs with him.
Find out more about Cheryl and her books at cherylbrooksonline.com.


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It's a survival kit stashed full of little goodies to help Sam's teachers make it through the day with all the sweet rugrats. I raided the section at Walmart with all the travel size tolietries and grabbed a few other goodies like Starbucks Via packs, Tazo Herbal Tea, a Luna Bar, and a 5-Hour Energy Drink. My friend suggested throwing earplugs in there - that would've been hilarious, but the only ones I could find were like $4 a pack. Um, no.
I think these are my favorite so far this week. Super easy, fun to shop for, and a breeze to put together. I already had these favor boxes on hand. I bought a bulk pack of these years ago from Bags & Bows. Friggin' love that site... And side note - I have exactly 25 of those boxes left and I'm saving them to use for Sam's 1st birthday party! They'll be perfect for the kids' treat bags.
The ribbon and labels I of course already had on hand. I used to run a small stationery biz if you remember, so I have ridiculous amounts of this kind of stuff. It comes in handy!
Tomorrow's theme is "pampering!" Ahhh... God bless Kohl's for helping me with that one. More to come!
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The Yaris is readily available as a four-door sedan, or as a 2- or four-door hatchback, which the business calls a 3-door and 5-door. All use a 1.5-litre four-cylinder engine mated to a five-speed manual or optional four-speed automatic transmission.
The sedan is available in a solitary trim line. The two-door hatchback comes in CE trim, while the four-door hatchback is offered in LE or RS trim.
Functions on the sedan include 15-inch steel wheels, CD/MP3 stereo with complementary input, front bucket seats, 60/40 split-folding back seat with centre armrest, twin vanity mirrors, three-spoke tilt steering wheel, front console box with lid, illuminated access, floor mats, electronic clock, hands-on remote mirrors, as well as periodic wipers.
Attributes on the two-door CE hatchback include 15-inch steel wheels, front-seat side as well as head curtain air bags, CD/MP3 stereo with complementary input and also 2 speakers, front container seats, fold-down rear seatback, three-spoke tilt steering wheel, front console box, floor mats, electronic clock, manually-adjustable exterior mirrors, front splash guards, and recurring wipers.
The four-door LE hatchback includes four speakers, 60/40 split-folding rear seat, warmed power mirrors, back splash guards, and also rear washer/wiper.
The four-door RS hatchback adds 15-inch alloy wheels, a/c, six-CD/MP3 stereo, flat-folding and also gliding back seats, power windows, leather-wrapped wheel, keyless entrance, skirt package, coloured mirrors, rear spoiler, and haze lights.
The reduced trim lines can be optioned with a range of add-ons, consisting of cooling, cruise control, power mirrors, keyless access and also power home windows.
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- Front-seat side and also side curtain airbags common in all models
- Four-door LE hatchback adds 60/40 split-folding back seat
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- Sedan includes standard anti-lock brakes
- Sedan Enhanced Convenience Bundle includes brake assist and automobile stability control; deletes alloy wheels, wheel locks as well as fog lights
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RRR 78RPM Show 25 January 2015
Welcome to "Rapidly Rotating Records," Glenn Robison's weekly, one hour radio program of "toe-tapping music from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and 30s", broadcast Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM over KISL FM 88.7 Avalon.
On this week's edition of the show, we're going to look to the sky, have a vocabulary lesson, hear some songs about Eskimos and celebrate the birthdays of Harry Link and Smith Ballew. Once again, a number of records on this edition of the show are making their RRR debut. As always, just click on the link below to listen streaming online and/or download the show. Your comments, requests and topic suggestions are always welcome. What is your favorite record on this week's show??
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Rapidly Rotating Records Show – January 25, 2015
Here's the complete playlist:
Segment 1: Ineffable
Too Wonderful For Words – Ipana Troubadors / Irving Kaufman, v.
Too Marvelous For Words – Eddy Duchin AHO / Jerry Cooper, v.
Too Beautiful For Words – Ted Fio Rito AHO / Muzzy Marcellino & The Fiorettes, v.
Segment 2: Eskimo Pie
Humoreskimo – Cliquot Club Eskimos / Tom Stacks, v.
Eskimo Rag – Billy Murray
The Eskimo Song – Charles Fulcher AHO
Don't Be Like An Eskimo – Joe Haymes AHO / Cliff Wetterau, v.
Segment 3: A bit of sky
High Up In The Sky – Bert Maddison and His Dance Orchestra / Tom Barratt, v.
Blue Sky Avenue – Ted Weems AHO / Red Ingle, v.
Playground In The Sky – Ben Selvin AHO / Lewis James & Franklyn Baur, v.
Segment 4: Harry Link
I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling – Gene Austin
By My Side – Lee Morse and Her Bluegrass Blys / Lee Morse, v.
You're The One I Care For – Ruth Etting
Segment 5: Smith Ballew
Campus Capers – Ted Wallace and His Campus Boys / Smith Ballew, v.
Drifting On To Avalon – Joe Green's Marimba Band / Smith Ballew, v.
My Baby Just Cares For Me – Smith Ballew Orchestra / Smith Ballew, v.
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As your probing eyes gazed up at skies:
"Are there angels looking down?"
Now your thoughts of play are tucked away
And quiet is the sound.
On streets once made of Sesame:
"See, I can tie my shoe!"
Your dress-up play is gone today,
Your ninja turtles, too!
Childhood stories read aloud,
As precious as can be.
If I could find my way through time,
I'd bring you home to me.
Sweet kisses followed bedtime prayers
With "Love you" hugs so tight.
I held you close and dried your tears
And tried to make it right.
So now, I lay me down to sleep,
I bow my head and then I weep:
"Hush my fears, don't say a word
For a mother's prayers are always heard."
You are Mommy's little helper –
With energy and spark,
Uniquely wound with life abound,
You're sure to make your mark.
You are Mommy's little big man –
Your growing strong and tall.
You're building dreams from simple things
With a mind that masters all.
You are Mommy's little sunshine,
such A bright and shining star.
when you Find your way, you'll never stray
and your light will travel far.
As probing Eyes from above the skies
See my tears that are falling down:
"Your dreams today are just prayers away,
So quiet now the sound."
This poem may NOT be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted in any form or by any means including mechanical, electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without written permission from the author, R'chelle Cyrus-Hughes.


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I'm sad to learn that not everyone at the DNA newspaper reads this blog. Yesterday, they ran the story of the arrest of Johann Bach — the fictional, music-loving, piano-stealing, octagenarian Nazi war criminal with a fondness for Goan trance parties — a full day after it was exposed as a hoax.
The Pen Pricks, the Goan bloggers behind the hoax, have e-mailed me back, and have also updated their blog with a gleeful recounting of the prank. They won't say who they are, other than to say they are journalists based in Goa. They said they got the idea for the hoax after being disappointed in the media's coverage of recent high-profile murder cases, where, they say, "Almost every kind of rumour, tidbit was reported as the gospel truth". Here's another passage from their e-mail:
All we wanted to do, was expose the depths of depravity in the media by leaking this absolutely fake story to the media in Goa. As expected, once the story was picked up by a couple of papers, the national media just sucked in on it, without verification.
It's interesting to see how different victims of the hoax are reacting. As far as I can see, only Goa's Herald has published a straightforward mea culpa. Other papers have shifted some of the blame onto hapless local police and intelligence officials, who had earlier been gently criticised for not knowing the details of the case.
The Indian Express partly blames local intelligence officials for what "could be a media hoax". The New Indian Express said it regrets that it fell for the hoax, but also explains to readers it had confirmed the story with local police. (They did not include this confirmation in the original report, which only quotes a police officer who was "unaware of the incident".)
The Telegraph, however, has heard that "certain blogspots" are saying the whole thing is a hoax, but the paper is still hedging its bets (although it appears to have wiped the original story from its website). It says it is asking its sources in India's Intelligence Bureau to reveal the whereabouts of Mr Bach, the name of the concentration camp he had overseen, the name of the Perus Narkp agent who lead the operation, and to provide more details on that stolen piano. The truth is out there.
We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/
LOL excellent!
The Mail Today newspaper exposed the hoax the very next day and carried a big story with a frontpage pointer. They also carried a funny take the next day which also had reference to your blog. Its indeed sad though that DNA with all its elite editorial leadership are doing nothing but running the paper in auto-pilot mode.
[…] tanto interesse internacional somente aos pequenos jornais locais. As agências internacionais como Reuters e BBC também foram arrastados pela […]
Awesome. Maybe the next time around, these greenhorns will look before they leap.
This is funny, I read DNA daily and I never thought it was a Hoax, as the news was from a excellent news paper like DNA.
anyways thanks for publishing the truth.
It seems I should regularly read Reuters Blogs :).
[…] An update to the hoax on Reuters Blogs […]
++ too bad women aren't as easy to seduce as the press ++ ++ Loose morals are like loose fact checking ++ DON'T worry, You will NEVER be as bad as the NY Timez!!!!!
[…] An update to the hoax on Reuters Blogs […]


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I'm entering this card in 3 Challenges: Unity Inspired Wednesday (http://www.theunitystampco.blogspot.com) using the picture boutique card, Use it Tuesday (http://useittuesday.blogspot.com/2013/07/challenge-59-birthdays.html), and Whimsical Designs (http://www.stephanie-whimsicaldesigns.com/2013/07/clean-and-simple-challenge.html). I have included pictures of my stash to show for Use it Tuesday. I used Unity Stamp Company Berry Good Life, pink baker's twine from Fresh Brewed Designs, the green card is cardstock I bought from TJ Maxx, the pink/gold Chevron and the pink embossed papers are Holly Robinson Peete Value Craft Pack, the brads are KI Memories Paisley Parade Epoxy Fasteners, the green swirly paper and "live love laugh" on the inside are Studio 18 Terrain Paper Pack, and the pens I used are American Crafts, Zig Memory System, and markers that I've had the longest with a kit that I started scrapbooking with. I also included a pic of the scissors I used- straight edge and scallop edged. I have a set of the shape scissors. I may use this card for a "Thinking of You" card. TFL and have a great day! :)
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
3 comments:
- Jessica Barnes said...
Love that you did the inside and the outside of your card! Great job! Thanks for playing with us at Use It Tuesday!
- July 12, 2013 at 5:12 PM
- Jessica said...
Such a fun card, and I really enjoyed that you did something on the inside too. I always forget to bring the design there but I love how it looks! Thanks for the inspiration AND for joining in at Use It Tuesday.
- July 14, 2013 at 5:22 PM
- Tracey Sabella said...
Such a lovely card!! ~ Blessings, Tracey
- July 15, 2013 at 9:17 AM
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Obama to Address Congress on Health-Care Reform
Thursday, September 3, 2009
After spending weeks on the defensive in the fight over his top legislative priority, President Obama will attempt to regain the initiative in the health-care debate with an address to a joint session of Congress next Wednesday night.
Aides said Obama will use the speech to add more specifics to his vision for overhauling the nation's health system. He will be attempting a difficult balancing act, seeking to win moderate Senate Democrats to his cause without embracing compromises that would alienate liberal House Democrats. He is not expected to associate himself with any one bill, but a senior administration official said the president's goal is to be "much more prescriptive" than he has been, mapping out ways to merge proposals and "move Congress toward one single solution."
The White House is scrambling to take control of the health-care debate after watching from the sidelines as various Democratic proposals were assailed in town hall meetings during Congress's summer recess. "Clearly, over the August break we lost some momentum," said Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.). "It shows the president is in this fight for keeps; he's not backing off. He's doing just the right thing to take the momentum back."
White House advisers acknowledged that the president has begun to shift away from endorsing broad goals while allowing the legislative process to run its course. Early on, senior adviser David Axelrod said, Obama "was very clear about his principles."
"But now we're in a different phase," he added.
For better or worse, the high-profile speech is likely to tie Obama closer to the issue in the minds of Americans. Almost exactly 16 years ago, then-President Bill Clinton also attempted to break a logjam on health care in Congress with a prime-time address to lawmakers, and his administration's efforts ended in spectacular failure.
Senior Obama administration officials met with the president Tuesday to debate whether a televised news conference, an address to the nation from the Oval Office or a speech to Congress would be the most effective forum for him to deliver his message. They concluded that a congressional address was the best way to "move the debate to the next level," one official said.
The joint session will come as Senate leaders are rethinking their strategies on the issue. One option, leading Democrats said Wednesday, is to tailor a bill to the demands of Sen. Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), a key moderate who has displayed the most willingness to continue negotiating with Democrats.
Another option, lawmakers said, is to attempt to make any package that comes to the Senate floor more attractive to Republicans by including tighter cost controls and slowing the pace of providing coverage to the 47 million Americans who have no insurance.
Obama called Democratic leaders Wednesday morning to discuss the address. He then left for Camp David, where he is expected to keep a relatively low profile until returning to a full public schedule after Labor Day.
After spending weeks in often contentious discussions with their constituents on health care, lawmakers expressed uncertainty -- and concern -- about what the president will say next week. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said he expects Obama to explain that he is open to compromise with Republicans, but only up to a point. "He will make it clear that he can't allow that goal to torpedo that entire effort," Van Hollen said. "We've had a national conversation. What we've not had is a chance to focus again on why it's important to do health-care reform."
Eight months after taking office, Obama is confronting powerful crosscurrents within his own party on an issue that has bedeviled administrations for decades. More liberal lawmakers, already disappointed that Obama has ruled out a single-payer approach, say whatever legislation he signs must include a government-run insurance option for people who cannot find an affordable private plan.


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Bringing their own brand of Parisian-style jazz to Rothesay's Victoria Hotel this weekend is Havana Swing.
The Dundee-based group are inspired by the music of Django Reinhardt's quintet, the Hot Club de Paris, and on previous performances on Bute have wowed audiences with their ability to emulate the sound and feel from that era.
Havana Swing - whose members are Walt Smith (clarinet), Dave Rattray (lead guitar), Ashley Malcolm (lead guitar), and Calum McKenzie (double bass / vocals) - will take to the stage at the Victoria Hotel on Sunday, March 8, at 2.30pm. Tickets are available from Brechin's on Bridgend Street or the Victoria Hotel.


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A crash downstairs woke him. The sound of someone stepping gingerly among broken crockery tinkled up the stairs. Someone moving carefully.
He grabbed his Remington 870 pump home-protection shotgun from the shelf above the bed. The gun-geezer at Cabela's said the 870 was, "suitable for his 'transitional' neighborhood," where only four people painted their houses, two of those mowed their lawns but everyone had a chain link fence and barred first floor windows.
Home invaders were down there, in his parlor, at the foot of the stairs, probably after his 52" Sharp Aquos Flat Screen and Surround Sound system. He had known they would come. An old man, a widower; living alone, defenseless. It was a given.
When he quietly reached the third step from bottom, he shouted, "Freeze!" A quick, threatening shape ghosted through the dark.
He fired the shell already chambered in the 870. The muzzle flash in the darkness was blinding. Another sound. He fired again. Each shell spit out 9 buckshot pellets. The 870 held seven rounds. He fired again, and as passion overcame him, again, again, again.
When the gun was empty, it was startlingly quiet. He flicked on the living room light. A cat sat on the plant stand against the left wall of the living room. Its eyes were yellow and seemed remarkably composed amidst the shock and awe. The cat must have gotten in through the bars on the porch window, cracked open for ventilation; knocked the damn vase off the parson's table in front of the window.
Sixty-three small holes festooned the walls, ceiling and various pieces of furniture. He couldn't actually see all the holes but sixty-three would equal total pellets fired from the Remington. The room smelled of cordite. Thank god, he seemed to have missed the flat screen.
The neighbors wouldn't call the cops. The neighbors never called the cops. But they would have heard. They would talk about the shotgun blasts and the home invaders would hear what neighbors had heard. Somebody would be thinking twice. Thinking about maybe breaking in somewhere where the dark had a lower lead content.
One round of buckshot had shredded his forty dollar Mark Twain autobiography. A few tiny pieces of its pages still floated in the air. He thought, Sam would've loved this. He could picture Clemens' mustache wiggling, itching to tell the story.
The cat jumped gracefully down from the plant stand, walked over to him and rubbed against his leg. It made him think of his wife and smile. "Let's go in the kitchen," he said to the cat. "I'll fix us a drink of warm milk."
BIO: Larry Strattner formerly wrote out of a small room in northern Wisconsin. He has relocated to a small room in Eureka, California and will release a good, shoot-em-up book on Kindle in January. Since he's not famous, it'll be a thirty dollar story for only four bucks.
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Last night, we took a look at how House Speaker John Boehner's significant gamble on the sequester has paid off so far.
This morning, Politico's Glenn Thrust and Carrie Budoff Brown write the opposite angle — that President Barack Obama's consistent doomsday warnings of the pain of the sequester have made it seem like he's "crying wolf."
One top Democratic Congressional aide slammed the Obama administration's muddled messaging to Politico:
"Don't accentuate a fight you don't intend to wage [and] can't win. … They spent two weeks building up sequester as a horror show and then got fact-checked a dozen times and were forced to back off their own claims of it being a disaster once they were forced to acquiesce to the cuts happening."
The White House has pushed back on this by saying that their intention was never to warn of immediate doom. Obama has consistently said that the effects of the cuts won't be felt immediately. But some worried that Obama waited too long to warn about the sequester and ended up trying to cram too much into the past few weeks.
Meanwhile, a new poll from ABC News and the Washington Post suggests that Americans support cutting the budget along the lines of the sequester except in the defense area.
The poll does not ask about the specific cuts in the sequester, but 61 percent said they support the 5 percent cut in overall spending, compared with only 33 percent who were opposed. Sixty percent, on the other hand, oppose cutting the military budget by 8 percent. Only 34 percent support that.
A new CBS poll released Tuesday found that Americans are troubled by the sequester overall. But 38 percent of Americans blame the sequester's implementation on Congressional Republicans, while 33 percent blame Obama and Congressional Democrats. That still leaves Obama in good political shape, but it likely won't create the mass public pressure that will bring Republicans back to negotiations.


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Watch againTo celebrate
International Women's Day on Thursday 8 March 2018, our panel of female dentists discussed issues relating to developing careers, getting the best out of your contract and how to develop confidence in stepping up for leadership roles in the profession.
The number of women working in NHS dentistry is steadling rising - in England, females now make up nearly half of the NHS dentist workforce:
NHS Digital - NHS Dental Statistics for England 2017-18 (Figure 8c)
Some of the key areas emerging from our FB Live discussion:
The discussion also revealed there is some confusion about women who are working in dentisty's maternity rights - this is a complex area, but BDA members can access our
advice on employees' maternity and parental rights.
NHS Digital's report on NHS Earnings and Expenses Estimates 2015/16 shows the mean average taxable income for all self-employed primary care dentists (from NHS and private dentistry) by gender (England & Wales, 2015/16).
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Pot Au Chocolat
It's no-bake, no-hassle and uses only 4 ingredients.
Make 8 when using ordinary sized ramekins as pictured.
1 standard pack of Oreos (154g)
Unsalted Butter (50g)
2 packs of Dark Chocolate (300g)
1 tub of double (heavy) cream (300ml)
Step 1) Blitz the Oreos in a blender.
Step 2) Melt/soften the Butter and add this to the Oreo-mix in the blender. Blitz again.
Step 3) Using a teaspoon, line the bottom of your pots with the Oreo mixture (approx 4 teaspoons worth) and compress it.
Step 4) Warm the cream in a saucepan until it just bubbles.
Step 5) Break up the chocolate and put in a heat-proof jug. Pour the cream over the chocolate and allow to sit for 30 seconds.
You'll need to work quickly for this next bit...
Step 6) Stir the chocolate/cream mixture until all the pieces have disolved.
Step 7) Once you have a smooth creamy mix it will begin setting so quickly pour it into each of the pots - distributing evenly so that you have at least the same amount of cream as biscuit base.
Step 8) Smooth out the surface then leave to set in the fridge for at least 2 hours.
If you prefer a softer, less rich mixture add more cream in or decrease the amount of chocolate. Alternatively, leave the deserts to stand for 5-10 minutes at room-temperature before serving and the 'set' will loosed up slightly.


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Friday, February 26, 2010
11 comments:
- Donna said...
I am new to your blog, but wanted to let you know how much I like your style. I've been reading back through your older posts. You are an amazing artist! Thank you for putting your art out there for inspiration!
- Fri Feb 26, 12:50:00 PM 2010
- DeniseLynn said...
Your art blesses me every time I visit you here. Thank you for inspiring me with every post. Your style is fabulous. I want to send you well wishes as you try to be healthy and make better choices. Me too. I used to be such a skinny girl but age and children seem to have changed that I am trying to eat smaller portions of healthier choices and exercise more too. It's not easy and so my heart goes out to you. Hang in there and don't give up.
- Fri Feb 26, 03:14:00 PM 2010
- pattyo said...
Love all the gorgeous cards! I know how you feel regarding the weight thing. I'm going through that now. We've had a lot of snow this winter, so it's hard to get walking. But once spring comes, I'll begin again.
- Fri Feb 26, 04:20:00 PM 2010
- Heather Jensen said...
Beautiful! I especially love that last card. I too had just posted a card which I used half the doily and sprayed it in Wheatfields. I am in love with the glimmer mist right now. I haven't seen the Vintage Pink. I will have to look into that. :D
- Fri Feb 26, 06:17:00 PM 2010
- Traveling Mama said...
These are just beyond words! Truly stunning!!
- Fri Feb 26, 06:33:00 PM 2010
- Robin said...
I just found your blog today and am amazed at your work! I love vintage and all your work is simply vintage perfection!! I can't wait to see what else you create!
- Fri Feb 26, 06:55:00 PM 2010
- Lynette said...
I love your style...very lovely cards.
- Fri Feb 26, 08:39:00 PM 2010
- rush8888 said...
although i may not say so every time i visit, your style is so refreshing to me, and i enjoy looking at every little detail of every single project.
on another note...america should have this sign at every border and ocean: "warning: do not eat the food" (like don't drink the water).
- Sat Feb 27, 05:38:00 AM 2010
- Riet said...
Ohhh wowwww Bety,what a beautiful cards,i love your papers and colours.
So gorgeous details, So BEAUTIFUL.
ZO MOOI Bety.
Hugs Riet.xx
- Sat Feb 27, 07:38:00 AM 2010
- Lynne said...
Gorgeous cards Beatriz!!! Love the soft spring colors!!!
- Sat Feb 27, 09:29:00 AM 2010
- Book Sale Manager said...
I am new to your blog as well and your projects are just beautiful.
- Tue Mar 02, 05:21:00 PM 2010


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There were surprising parallels between the lesson teacher Aqilah Goraya led this week on respect for people with disabilities, and the ways she meets different learning needs right in her own class.
Hint: spot the students bouncing gently on exercise balls instead of chairs, and the ones wearing construction earmuffs as they work.
The lesson this Grade 3/4 teacher at Toronto's George Webster Elementary School gave about fidgety Eddie with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is part of a new province-wide move to have schools better promote positive attitudes about people with varied abilities.
"It's important because some people might not let a kid with ADHD play games with them at recess," explained 8-year-old Kris Davis.
Added classmate Vasavi Manohar: "In future we might run into someone like this and we should know how to be nice. We have a special autism class next door."
As part of a new Ontario regulation designed to make the province more accessible, every teacher is expected to take fresh online training about different abilities by the end of 2013.
The Ontario Public School Boards' Association has helped produce 21 lesson plans from kindergarten to Grade 12 about being more respectful toward the 1.8 million Ontarians with a recognized disability. The TeachAble Project launched officially Tuesday, although some 13,000 teachers already have used the website.
Goraya knows students who are fidgety or hyperactive can benefit from sitting on a large exercise ball; it lets them be active without leaving their desk. She has launched an experiment in this classroom near St. Clair Ave. and Victoria Park Ave. to see whether children who sit on an exercise ball instead of a chair leave their desks less often.
"They'll each track themselves for a week, a few students at a time (she has five exercise balls) but we know it can help some children focus because they don't have to leave their desk to exert energy," said Goraya. "They can then see for themselves whether they could benefit."
And the construction earmuffs? "They block out noise for those who are easily distracted," said Goraya. "This new curriculum fits in with what we do."
Parent Ingrid Palmer is legally blind. She visited her son's Grade 1 class Tuesday as teacher Georgia Giannakakos read a book about bears who need different tools, from walker to white cane, hearing aid to feeding tube.
"I really like how it teaches that we're not all that different, but that some people just need tools to help them do things," said Palmer, who uses a white cane. "If they learn this early, it can foster a more inclusive society when they grow up."
Ontario Lt.-Gov. David Onleyhas read the same book, Different is Just Different , to students and called it a "powerful tool" to help overcome a fear of disabilities. The former journalist had polio as a child and uses a variety of tools including a cane, leg braces and motorized scooter.
"We're far more accepting and integrated in schools now than when I was the only disabled student in my school and would get bullied and assaulted," said Onley, who supported the development of the new lesson plans.
"I believe it's still important for schools to teach these things because they may not be taught at home. Parents just may not be aware."