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Autumn in the North Cascades is one of the most beautiful times of year. The rugged rocky ridgelines will be a tapestry of the bright oranges and yellows of Tamaracks and Larches along with the deep red of low lying huckleberry and other bushes. The air is crisp but still warm enough to feel inviting. The sunlight is deeper and richer at sunrise and sunset. The weather can be moody. Bright brilliant blue skies or dense clouds and fog with a chance of rain. Even a blanket of snow can cover the landscape from an early season snow storm.
Maple Pass is one of those must see places in the Autumn. A beautiful loop trail that leaves a parking lot at Rainy Pass and starts in dense dark green forest on a well maintained trail. Then starts to offer views fairly quickly along avalanche chutes that open up between the trees. At approx 1 mile a trail leaves to the right that goes to Lake Anne. A worthwhile detour that only adds 1 mile to the total mileage. I only say it cloaked in thick fog but I can imagine on a clear day the surrounding ridgelines are stunning from below.
The trail climbs a total of 2000 feet. The first Pass is Heather Pass. Here there are side meanders that added a mile or so to my loop. Views from the meanders make them worth exploring. Then the trail continues to climb to Maple Pass where someone had made a trail cairn and where my dogs discovered a very angry chipmunk. Instead of free food he was being vigorously investigated by my two dogs as he hid deep in a rock pile and chattered noisily at them. from the pass were views of a sea of clouds ebbing and flowing through the North Cascade peaks.
By this time the sun was back out and it was late in the afternoon. The gold light added a glow to the rock and ridgelines all around us. I wanted to just spend the evening taking photos until dark but I didn't like the idea of hiking an unknown trail in the dark so we continued following the ridgeline until it started to switchback down into the valley where we started. Eventually after some small meadows the trail sank back into the deep forest and the fog returned like a closing curtain over our hike the last mile to the car.
As noted in the WTA trail description it is best to do this trail counter clockwise unless you want to get all the steep climbing done at the beginning of the hike.
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Samajwadi Party MP Naresh Agarwal asked why the bill was listed on Tuesday even as it was deferred last week. "Why is the bill included in the list of business?" he asked, adding that the government had not consulted any other political party although it had assured the House of the same.
He also demanded that the bill cannot be referred to a joint committee since it is a property of the upper House. Leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad said he and JD(U) functionary Sharad Yadav had also given a notice for constituting a select committee on the bill and that it should not be referred to a joint committee.
Parliamentary affairs minister M Venkaiah Naidu said the bill was listed as it was pending from the previous day's business. "I am not pursuing the bill. I would like to consult political parties before taking a final view whether to refer it to the select committee or to do something else."

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these were the chosen cookies for the fourth of july party my friend hosted. i have been wanting to make these for quite some time and, even though they have no blue red or white spirit, were happy additions to the party. they have a nice crispy skin, but on the inside is all moist fudginess with nut goodness. try them! they're easy to make (you dump everything in a bowl and beat for one minute) and they're very tasty. no exotic ingredients, but a great cookie. mine made more than just 12 cookies.. i toasted the pecans before using them but i didn't chop the pecans up as much as maida had indicated for. they were fine that way though.
oh and i was nervous about making these before because they are supposedly best the day they are baked. but i had a cookie today and it is still delicious. maybe even better. ;) so don't hesitate to make these! they come from gottlieb's bakery and it is their number one best-selling cookie.
Savannah Chocolate Chewies
Maida Heatter's Cookies
12 large cookies
The cookies are large, very dark, very chewy, and since they have egg whites and no yolks (and no butter) they are a sort of meringue; a decidedly chocolate meringue.
8 ounces (generous 2 cups) pecans
3 cups confectioners sugar
2/3 cup unsifted, unsweetened cocoa powder (preferably dutch-process)
1 tsp powdered instant coffee or espresso
2 tbsp unsifted all-purpose flour
Pinc of salt
3 egg whites (they may be whites that were frozen and thawed)
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1. Preheat the oven to 350ºf. Line cookie sheets with parchment or with aluminum foil shiny side up. Pecans should be chopped rather finely. No pieces should be larger than a green pea, set aside.
2. Place sugar, cocoa, coffee or espresso, flour, salt, egg whites, and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer. Beat slowly at first until the dry ingredients are moistened, and then beat at high speed for 1 min. Remove the bowl from the mixer and stir in the nuts.
3. It is important now to spoon out the cookies as soon as possible. Once they are spooned out they can wait before baking, but if they remain in the mixing bowl for any length of time, they will not be beautifully shiny when baked. Use a tablespoon for spooning out the cookies (not a measuring spoon) -- make each cookie one rounded tablespoon of the dough -- and use another spoon for pushing off the mounds of dough. Place the cookies at least 1 inch apart on the prepared sheets.
4. I think these bake best if you bake only one sheet at a time. Bake for 15 minutes, reversing the sheet front to back once during baking to ensure even baking. When done, the cookies should be dry and crisp on the outside, wet and chewy inside.
5. If you have used parchment paper the cookies may be removed from the paper with a wide metal spatula as soon as they are done, and transferred to a rack to cool. If you have used foil, the cookies will have to stand on the foil until they can be lifted easily with your fingers (or, if you have trouble, peel the foil away from the backs of the cookies). Store these airtight.


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Well, not everything, but a very decisive part of every photo. Light is what makes your subject come into focus, it is what creates the ambiance for your photo, and it helps you take noise-free photos with your phone. So before anything else, just make sure you have a good amount of light on your subject.
- Composition is Half the Game
Taking family photos with your phone doesn't mean that you can't compose your shots a little carefully. You don't have to just take out your phone, make sure the subject is in frame and tap on the shutter. Instead, take a little time to compose your frame. Put the subject either in the center of off to one side. Make sure the background isn't distracting. Think about your shot a little more than usual and you'll see how amazing the images from your smartphone camera can look.
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Cambridge University's 160 year old Football club has been honoured with a special award for its contribution to the history of the beautiful game and its place as "the oldest club in the world"
Cambridge University's 160 year old Football club has been honoured with a special award for its contribution to the history of the beautiful game and its place as "the oldest club in the world"
"Sport plays a major part in the amazing student experience at Cambridge and this award shows how far back our involvement and passion for football goes."Nick Brooking, Director of Sport at the University
Cambridge University Association Football Club (CUAFC) will take its place in the National Football Museum Hall of Fame tonight (October 19) alongside England greats like defenders Rio Ferdinand and Rachel Unitt, and goalkeepers David Seaman and Rachel Brown-Finnis.
They will be immortalised next to legends such as Sir Tom Finney, Gordon Banks, Alan Shearer and last year's inductees Gary Neville and Norman Hunter.
Nick Brooking, Director of Sport at the University said: "Sport plays a major part in the amazing student experience at Cambridge and this award shows how far back our involvement and passion for football goes.
"This is a great honour and it is right that the University football club's pivotal role in the history of the beautiful game should be recognised in this way."
The University's links with the rules of football are said to go all the way back to 1846 when Henry De Winton and John Charles Thring formed a club. In 1848 it's said they held a meeting in Cambridge, aimed at creating a definitive set of rules for the game of football.
Up until that point, in many parts of the country, football was fairly unrecognisable as a sport, it had no structure and games were unruly, often ending in violence and brawling.
De Winton and Thring eventually established a code and ten simple rules known as the 'Cambridge rules' were pinned up on trees along the city's large public playing fields, Parker's Piece, where football is still played today.
This code, which included the first articulation of an off-side rule, went on to form the basis for the Football Association rules which established the modern game.
Dr John Little, President of CUAFC, said: "Before the code was produced things were quite chaotic. Players would have to read whatever set of rules had been posted on a tree near to where the game was to be played and decide if they were rules they familiar with before they played. In Cambridge it was decided it would be better if one set of rules was agreed on so that everyone could play against each other."
With its links said to go back to 1846, the oldest existing document which names the club and the rules, dates back to 1856. So CUAFC can claim to be, unofficially at least, the oldest club in the world which is still playing. Though Sheffield FC (founded 1857), is recognised as the oldest club by the Football Association, CUAFC was awarded an illuminated plaque in 2006 by the FA in honour of its 150th anniversary, giving its foundation date official recognition.
There is no known written record of the original Cambridge Rules but Cambridge holds a collection of some early football memorabilia in its University Library. Perhaps the most significant item held by the library is the revised 1863 edition of The Winter Game by Thring.
This small volume includes Thring's own rules and the very recently published FA and Cambridge Rules of 1863.
Women's Captain Gerda Bachrati, a veterinary medicine student at Gonville & Caius College, said: "Football has always been a family affair. I started playing when I was seven. When my sister started playing my father began coaching. I have a whole social network built out of it. When I came to Cambridge I wanted to keep that going - it can be quite lonely studying. I think to thrive at Cambridge you need a demanding activity to balance out the demanding academic life. It has made me more organised with my time and given me the chance to be a team leader long before I am expected to do it in my career. The award and recognition - for the Club and University - is amazing, adding to an exciting time for women's sport at Cambridge"
Men's captain Henry Warne, a politics student at Fitzwilliam College, said: "Football has been in my family my whole life. It is the main reason I came here - I went to a comprehensive so coming to Cambridge wasn't something expected. But my uncle always said how getting a rugby blue when he was here and that it had been a great thing in his life. Since I was 15 I have wanted to get a football blue. I have loved Cambridge as a sporting and an academic opportunity."
He added: "To be captain when this is happening is special. I feel very lucky to be part of a club which such a long history and pivotal role and it is wonderful to have the external recognition of this great club."
Both Bachrati and Warne agree that playing sports as a student has enriched their lives at Cambridge. "The sacrifice for football is great but sport in study helps not hinders. It motivates me to work hard." said Warne, adding that around half of the squad last year got firsts in their studies.
The Varsity football match between the association football clubs of Cambridge University and Oxford University is one of the oldest regular fixtures in world football, having been played every year since 1873 (with breaks for the two World Wars).
The first Varsity match ended in a 1-0 victory for Oxford, with England international Robert Vidal scoring the only goal. The match is traditionally played at a neutral venue and was first played at Wembley in 1953.
More information
Sport at the University of Cambridge:
Cambridge University is recognised as much for its illustrious sporting tradition as it is for its excellence in education and research.
The Sports Service is the hub for all sport at the University, working with the clubs, maintaining an array of facilities across the city and offering everyone the chance to enjoy sport during their time in Cambridge. In addition to this, we work closely with the sporting community of the city at large, and anyone can be a member of our world-class Sports Centre. For more information go to: http://www.sport.cam.ac.uk/
For more on the CUAFC go to: www.facebook.com/CambridgeUniversityAFC/.
National Football Museum
The National Football Museum was established and its collection acquired thanks to £9.3m investment by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The National Football Museum is a registered charity overseen by a board of trustees, and also counts notable names amongst its honorary positions, including Museum President Sir Bobby Charlton, Museum Vice Presidents Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Trevor Brooking and Sir Geoff Hurst, plus Museum Special Ambassador Mark Lawrenson.
The museum also provides a permanent home for its nationally-recognised Hall of Fame, with new legends being inducted in a prestigious awards ceremony every year.
Entrance is free. To enhance the Museum experience, there are some additional exclusive paid-for interactive exhibits 'Football Plus+' to help ensure that visitors enjoy one of the best days out in the city.
Opening Times: Monday-Saturday 10am – 5pm
For more on the National Museum Hall of Fame:
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According to the U.S. Forest Service, nearly half of all Americans spend time observing, identifying, or photographing wildlife and plants, and they invest billions of dollars annually on cameras, binoculars, guided tours, videos, handbooks, and field guides. Still, many people lack the basic skills and insights needed to make effective use of these resources. This remarkable handbook takes a step back from the sea of information to take a fresh look at the fundamentals of observing nature. Advocating a holistic approach, it shows how to move beyond memorization of facts and become better attuned to your surroundings; rather than simply comparing a bird to a picture in a field guide, you'll learn to observe its habitat, its posture, its movement, and a host of other factors. Not only will you be able to identify wildlife more accurately--you'll also gain a deeper understanding of the natural processes going on around you, and you'll enjoy a much richer and more meaningful outdoor experience.
Kurt Rinehart is director of the outdoor program at the Mountain School in Vershire, Vermont. He has participated in research projects across North America, studying mountain lions, jaguars, and wolves.


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Hearthstone's second expansion Goblins Vs. Gnomes will launch on December 8th and 9th. with a slew of new cards. Here's everything you need to know about the game's new era.
OverviewUnlike Curse of Naxxramas, Goblins Vs. Gnomes doesn't have any new single-player content. This new expansion is focused on adding cards to the game. It features over 120 cards, both class-based and neutral. Many of the minions introduced in Goblins vs. Gnomes belong to a new Mech type. These Mechs have special abilities that boost each other's effectiveness.
Release DatesThe exact release date for Goblins vs. Gnomes varies by region. The Americas, Southeast Asia and Oceania will receive the expansion on December 8th. Europe, Korea, Taiwan and China will have to wait until the following day.
Spare PartsSome of the cards in GvG will place Spare Parts in the player's hand. Spare Parts are one-mana abilities that modify a minion. For example, Armor Plating gives a minion +1 Health while Emergency Coolant freezes them. The Part you receive is randomly chosen from this list of seven:
The Goblins vs. Gnomes cards can be crafted or disenchanted. Crafting them requires Arcane dust, the same currency for older cards. Blizzard evidently decided that introducing another kind of in-game currency would've been too clunky.
ArenaAs of December 4th, all Goblins vs. Gnomes cards are usable in Hearthstone's Arena mode. They'll be part of the random pool you craft your deck from. After the expansion's official launch, the card packs awarded when you finish your Arena run will contain GvG cards so you can permanently add them to your collection.
Spectator ModeSpectator Mode went live in the same patch that introduced GvG cards to the Arena. This feature enables players to spectate their friends' games, as long as they have the feature enabled. You can see your friend's hand but not their opponent's, presumably to prevent cheating.
This mode was also designed for use with Tournaments. During these events, players will be able to see both competitors' hands. Meanwhile, players being watched by a crowd can see the number of spectators in the bottom left corner of their screen.
Balance ChangesThe pre-GvG patch also weakens three cards that already exist in the game. Here's a run-down of these changes:
New CardsGoblins Vs. Gnomes introduces 8 cards for each of the classes in the game. There are also 53 Neutral cards that you can use no matter what character you're playing. Of these new additions, 20 are Legendary minions. Each class has their own new Legendary, while rest are Neutral.
You can check out of all the new additions in the image gallery on the next page.


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★Publication Announcement of Proceedings (2016/10/21)
Finally—the Proceedings of 10th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology have been published!
The book, Fire Science and Technology 2015, is now available in both eBook and Hardcover through the Springer's website. The following link will take you to the direct book-URL;
We, the committees of AOSFST 2015, are pleased to announce this great news officially, at the same time, would like to thank to all support, cooperation, and patience related to publication processes that have especially been contributed by Authors, Participants, and the Publisher.
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Information about Final Proceedings published by Springer has been updated. For all participants and authors, especially those who will be graduating soon, of AOSFST 2015 any updated schedule and more information regarding final proceedings must be things that you want. Please be notified the following information that the Publication Committee can currently share with you;
Downloading e-book from Springer's website will expectedly be ready around May or June, 2016 as already been announced at the symposium.
Final Proceedings is currently in production and has reached the following stage:
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The schedule will be updated and noticed on this website as required.
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★Bus transport information from Narita Airport to Tsukuba Center has been updated. Please check bus time schedule and bus stop locations. (2015/09/30)
★Detailed program has been updated. Please be sure that details of schedule may be subjected to changes. (2015/09/25)
★Guidelines for paper presentation have been updated. Speaker's bio-data is due by 25th, Sept. (2015/08/31)
★Guidelines for poster presentation have been updated. (2015/08/31)
★List of accepted posters has been updated. All the posters shall be presented at least by one author at the Poster Session. (2015/07/27)
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★Registration for AOSFST 2015 has started. (2015/06/09)
★Preliminary schedule has been updated. Technical tour will be scheduled on 8th, Oct. (2015/06/08)
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The 10th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology (10th AOSFST) is to be held on October 5-7, 2015 in Tsukuba, Japan.
The first AOSFST was held in 1992 by the Asia-Oceania Association for Fire Science and Technology (AOAFST), which was established under the umbrella of the International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). The AOSFST has been held periodically about 3 year interval at the midterm of the IAFSS international symposia. The two most recent Asia-Oceania symposia were held successfully in Melbourne, Australia and Hefei, China in 2010 and 2012, respectively.
The 10th AOSFST will include presentations of peer-reviewed papers, key-note lectures by fire researchers invited from the world and poster sessions for a variety of topics and some exciting events.
Asia-Oceania region is among the areas where fire science and technology are developing most rapidly. We heartily invite your participation, not only from Asia-Oceania region but also from regions in the world.
The Symposium held at the Tsukuba International Congress Center, located in the central area of Tsukuba City. The city is conveniently accessed from central Tokyo by about one-hour trip by express train or highway limousine bus from Narita International Airport. Tsukuba City is the leading science and technology research center in Japan, founded about 40 years ago, where more than 300 research institutes, public and private industrial, are located in rich environment. Here various kinds of advanced research and development that are actively going on, including space engineering, material science, robotics, meteorology, agriculture, atomic energy, environment, natural disaster, and of course fire. The city attracts many researchers and students from oversea countries as well as from Japan.Also you may enjoy the traditional atmosphere in the suburb of the city.
Timeline of 10th AOSFST
A paper in full manuscript be submitted electronically through EasyChair system. The submitted papers are subjected to at least two independent reviewers. The time line for processing the papers are provisionary planned as below.
Symposium Topics
Fire/Explosion Physics and Chemistry
Fire and Smoke Modeling and Experiment
Human Behavior in Fire
Fire Statistics and Risk Assessment
- Fire Safety Design and Codes
Structural Behaivior in Fire
Fire Properties and Testing Methods of Materials
- Fire Detection and Suppression
Urban, Wildland/Urban Interface and Forest Fires
Industrial Fires
Fires Investigation / Fire Services
Fire Protection of Cultural Heritages
Fire Protection of High-rise Buildings
Fires of Recyclable Fuel and Renewable Resources
Miscellaneous (Open technical)
Symposium Organizer
The 10th AOSFST is jointly hosted by Japan Association for Fire Science and Engineering (JAFSE), Building Research Institute (BRI), National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster (NRIFD) and Tokyo University of Science (TUS).


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MOODY STREET CIRCUS studio in
Waltham, MA
MOODY STREET CIRCUS studio in
Waltham, MA
Melina is a world-class
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art of oriental dance with poetic creativity, precision technique, Dionysian
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both a belly dancer and
circus performer. She and her husband Sacha delight audiences with their
romantic trapeze duet. Melina has even assisted the legendary Flying Wallendas on the
high wire platform. Melina was featured on the TV Shows Bridezilla in 2007, MTV's
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as the award-winning Sundance documentary pick So Much, So Fast.
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Boston, the Taipei Arena in Taiwan, Cirque Rocks Arena in New Zealand, the Four
Seasons Hotel in Boston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, The Athens By Night Taverna
in the Plaka of Greece, and the Victoria Theatre in Singapore.
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Berkshires of Massachusetts.
Melina's "Sweat Equity" essay aired NPR's Marketplace.
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Swirling Isis-Wings Melina
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Melina of Daughters of Rhea (Melinda
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performer. Melina
is co-founder of her family's belly dance company
Daughters of Rhea, and produces
her own family circus shows. She and her
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dance and circus studio for all ages in Waltham, MA. Moody Street Circus's
mission is to joyfully share the Pavlata family legacies of circus arts
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Melina in the News:
Greatest of Ease" - Boston Globe article by Taryn Plumb: October 16, 2011
Moody Street Circus, Kids Learn how to Take a Leap" by Jim Walker: Wicked
Local Waltham October 14 2011.
belly dance montage on YouTube.
Melina at Byblos with the Ed Melikian Ensemble! Wonderful photos by Alice
Melina is on the faculty at
Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health
and teaches a weeklong retreat -- "Wild Hips, Gypsy Heart: Belly Dance as
Melina's articles on belly dance and circus life have been
published in Brain, Child magazine, The Boston Globe, and The Gilded
Serpent. She has been featured on NPR's Marketplace, appeared on MTV's
"Made" and was a dancer at a televised "Bridezilla" wedding. Her work
toward finding a cure for ALS was featured in the documentary So Much, So
Born to a folk guitarist singer/songwriter father (Phil Marsh -- he played
with Energy Crisis, Country Joe and the Fish & was Pickle Family Circus Band
Leader in S.F.) and a gypsy-artist belly dancer mother (Maverick
Trailblazing Icon of Oriental Dance Rhea of Greece) during the late 1960s
Berkeley, California cultural revolution, Melina exited her mother's
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of all ilk. She grew up performing with her parents on taverna stages
& cabarets and in the circus ring, dividing her time between the ancient
city of Athens, Greece and various cities on the East and West coast of
On the academic front, Melina is a magna cum laude graduate of Wellesley College and received a D.E.S. from the University of Geneva in Switzerland; she was a Ben Franklin
Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania where she received her doctorate in
late medieval French literature. She went on to teach at Boston College as
an adjunct professor of French before rededicating herself full-time to her
childhood arts of belly dance and circus.
Melina with Violinist Chris Wood in Circus Flora.
Photo by Scott Raffe.
Melina's overall approach to life -- including her teaching style and
performances -- is open-hearted
inclusiveness, a world-class level of artistry and professionalism combined
with creativity, community, fun & challenge. She
has been invited to teach and perform around the world -- Athens, Greece,
Paris, France,
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Melina's vibrant and creative belly dance style, formed as a child at the hip of her
mother on taverna stages in the Ancient City of Athens, Greece, is
a blend of Greco-Turkish, American Cabaret, proto-Tribal (descending through her mother Rhea from the Jamila Salimpour
school of dance), bohemian gypsy fantasy fusion. Her teaching is technically
precise, down-to-earth, substantive and fun. Her warm-ups and cool
downs emphasize breathe, stretch, well-being, and listening to your body
every step of the way.
Melina performing her one-of-a-kind sword and dagger balancing act in
Singapore for Goddess Motion concert.
Melina is known for her daring and innovative use of props. Her dance acts
include balancing a tray of lit candles on her head while belly dancing (an
art she has performed with since the age of seven), balancing a sword on a dagger
clutched in her jaws and descending into a full split (she is the only belly
dancer in the world to do this), an acrobatic tango on a ladder act, Whirling Dancer/Turkish Drops, serpentine floorwork, a
romantic trapeze duet, an aerial hoop dance and circus fusion
act, dancing atop mobile candle holders and glass goblets, spoken
word/snaking hips and more is in the works. She has created numerous
choreographies that are performed by students worldwide, including
Cleopatra's Frenzy, Pho Pharonic, Walk like and Egyptian, Omar's Delight,
Misirlou and more.
Melina in Singapore
Goddess Motion Performance
Melina of Daughters of Rhea has collaborated with many
talented and versatile musicians, including her father - guitarist and
singer/songwriter Phil Marsh, the soulful and rousing Athens-based Iraqi
musician and singer Ali Arsoy,
inspirational drum poet John de Kadt,
The Fred Elias Ensemble, the extraordinary Steve Gorn,
psychodelic fusionists Ian and Jason of
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HuDost, jazzy Oud master Harry Bedrosian,
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Janine Del'Arte of Circus Flora,
John Eurdolian of Karoun Restaurant,
KDZ Drummers
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Watch Melina's Incredible Sword Balanced on Dagger Act Via Streaming Video
Melina's January 2007 TV performance and interview on "To The Pointe" with
host Cinda Hill.
Melina and daughter Zoe Isadora
back stage at Circus Flora
Vew new clips of Melina 's World-Class
Belly Dancing in
Athens on YouTube! Watch her
ONE OF A KIND sword and
dagger act!
Photo by Patty Aiello
Melina at BellyPalooza's "Belly Dance Magic" 2007 Show
at the Baltimore Museum of Art. More
images at www.bellypalooza.com.
Check out Melina's aerial
Cirque Passion
performance at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
tours the world as a circus aerialist and belly dance artist. Along
with her husband (6th generation Czech circus star Sacha Pavlata), Melina
has also toured with the legendary Flying Wallendas. Besides
performing her own aerial acts (an elegant aerial hoop dance fusion number
and a romantic and daring trapeze duet with Sacha), Melina has assisted
the wonderful Wallenda family on the high-wire platform and watched in awe
as they, along with her husband Sacha who is in the Wallenda Troupe,
crossed the wire in their jaw-dropping Seven-Person Pyramid formation
(rest assured: Melina plans to leave hair-raising high wire walking
without a net to the experts). Melina and Sacha own and produce the
European-style one-ring family circus.
Melina belly dances on Candlesticks - photo by Dreamer's Realm Photography
is the only belly dancer in the world to balance a sword on a dagger
clutched in her jaws!
Click here to read student and audience
comments about Melina's performances and teaching.
Melina has
performed with a tray of burning candles on her head since she was 7 years
old. The
photo below of Melina was taken in Greece at the Athens by Night taverna
in 1978. Melina would dance with her mother Rhea at
this taverna every night to live music, then go to school in the morning and
get straight As.
Such is the life of a hybrid gypsy showbiz intello kid.
On the academic
front, Melinda is a magna cum laude graduate of
Wellesley College.
She holds a D.E.S. from the
University of
and, as a Ben Franklin Fellow, earned a Ph.D. in Late Medieval French
Literature from the
University of Pennsylvania
in 1997. What to say? When she realized that her childhood arts of belly
dancing and circus were more personally and spiritually rewarding than the Ivory Tower, she
dedicated herself full-time to the free-lance circus and event producing, performing, teaching and
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Read Melina's
Mission Statement and
Oriental Dance Teaching Philosophy. See her
in Boston. Melina travels internationally
to teach belly dance seminars and perform. Check out her
seminar platter for your next guest-instructor workshop or dance
For a more detailed meditation on her life in
academia, circus arts and belly dance, read an
interview with Melina first published in Jareeda magazine. Check
out her essays by clicking on the "writing" button on the left side
Melina has been part of the Circus Flora
company since 1995 and co-founded her own tented European-style Circus
Cirque Passion along with 5th Generation Circus Performer Alexandre Sacha Pavlata.
She is also a founder of the
ALS Therapy Development Institute. Through her belly dance fundraiser galas on behalf
of the foundation, Melina has raised over $100,000 to help eradicate Lou Gehrig's disease.
Please consider making a donation to
ALS-TDI in support of their important work on behalf of ALS
patients alive today. Her work with the foundation is featured in a
documentary So Much, So Fast,
which opened in theatres across the U.S. in Fall '06.
Besides dance and circus, Melina loves to write. She is working on a memoir
- Tips from the Hip - about lessons learned growing up belly dancing with Rhea in
Greece. Excerpts of her project have been published in Brain,
Child magazine, the Boston
Globe and Middle Eastern Dance
in New England. Her commentaries on motherhood and belly
dancing aired on NPR's
Read Melina's Oriental Dance Mission
Statement. Also, check out "Dancing From the Belly"
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Globe, and on Melina in
Wellesley Magazine.
View new clips of
Melina 's World-Class
Belly Dancing
in Athens on YouTube! Watch her
sword and dagger act!
Melina dances in the air with 5th-generation Circus Performer
Alexandre Sacha Pavlata. Photo by Harald Boerstler.


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- Research article
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- Open Peer Review
Monte Carlo simulation of expected outcomes with the AcrySof®toric intraocular lens
- Warren Hill†1Email author and
- Richard Potvin†2
© Hill and Potvin; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2008
- Received: 30 June 2008
- Accepted: 27 October 2008
- Published: 27 October 2008
To use a Monte Carlo simulation to predict postoperative results with the AcrySof® Toric lens, evaluating the likelihood of over- or under-correction using various toric lens selection criteria.
Keratometric data were obtained from a large patient population with preoperative corneal astigmatism <= 2.50D (2,000 eyes). The probability distributions for toric marking accuracy, surgically induced astigmatism and lens rotation were estimated using available data. Anticipated residual astigmatism was calculated using a Monte Carlo simulation under two different lens selection scenarios.
This simulation demonstrated that random errors in alignment, surgically induced astigmatism and lens rotation slightly reduced the overall effect of the toric lens. Residual astigmatism was statistically significantly higher under the simulation of surgery relative to an exact calculation (p < 0.05). The simulation also demonstrated that more aggressive lens selection criteria could produce clinically significant reductions in residual astigmatism in a high percentage of patients.
Monte Carlo simulation suggests that surgical variability and lens orientation/rotation variability may combine to produce small reductions in the correction achieved with the AcrySof® Toric® IOL. Adopting more aggressive lens selection criteria may yield significantly lower residual astigmatism values for many patients, with negligible overcorrections. Surgeons are encouraged to evaluate their AcrySof® Toric® outcomes to determine if they should modify their individual lens selection criteria, or their default surgically induced astigmatism value, to benefit their patients.
- Monte Carlo Simulation
- Astigmatism
- Spherical Lens
- Corneal Astigmatism
- Astigmatic Correction
Continued advances in small-incision phacoemulsification have increased the stability and predictability of cataract surgery, reducing healing time and intraoperative/postoperative complications. For normal eyes, modern cataract surgery can typically provide a refractive correction that is often within 0.5D of the targeted spherical correction [1–4].
Advances in the ability to correct the refractive errors of cataract patients have also been made, particularly with regard to astigmatism. Corneal astigmatism is often reduced by the use of peripheral corneal relaxing incisions, but the introduction of toric intraocular lenses now provides an opportunity to more precisely reduce or eliminate a patient's astigmatism, particularly if consideration of the induced astigmatism from the surgical incision is included to calculate the expected postoperative corneal astigmatism [5–8].
The AcrySof Toric lens is used with a new method for correcting corneal astigmatism in pseudophakic eyes. This lens is implanted in conjunction with a Toric Lens Calculator, which uses surgeon-provided keratometry and surgically induced astigmatism data to select the most appropriate toric lens and calculate the optimal angle of placement (http://www.acrysoftoriccalculator.com, Alcon Laboratories, Inc.). Three different powers at the lens plane provide nominal corneal plane correction of 1.03D, 1.55D and 2.06D of astigmatism in a variety of spherical powers (Product Information, AcrySof Toric, Alcon Laboratories, Inc.).
The success of a toric lens hinges on accurate and stable correction. With regard to accuracy, the surgically induced astigmatism must be taken into account. The lens must be implanted in precise alignment with the required axis of correction; this is usually achieved using a corneal marker to intraoperatively identify the correct lens orientation. With regard to stability, the lens must maintain its intended orientation over time. This latter element is key to the success of the lens over the long term [9, 10].
The challenge with regard to accurate and stable correction is that ophthalmic surgery is, by its very nature, a variable procedure. Surgically induced astigmatism, while it can be quite low on average, will vary from eye to eye and surgeon to surgeon, and can have a significant effect on outcomes [11, 12]. The process of marking the cornea to properly align the toric lens may also be less than perfect and the axis alignment achieved at the time of surgery may not be exact. Individual lenses may also rotate during the postoperative period. All of these rather small errors in alignment and stability will typically combine to reduce the potential effectiveness of any toric lens; the more these errors are brought under control, the lower the potential effect. In general, each 1 degree error in lens alignment will reduce the effectiveness of the astigmatism correction by 3.33%.
The current version of the Alcon toric calculator provides the surgeon a lens recommendation that is based on avoiding any overcorrection, as patients are believed more tolerant of low levels of astigmatism along their original axis than they are of astigmatism that is orthogonal to it. However, given the challenges in lens orientation and stability, it may be that this approach is too conservative to be practical. For instance, a patient with 1.03D of astigmatism is recognized as a candidate for the 1.03 diopter toric lens (T3). However, a patient with 0.80D may not be. This is because this patient would, in the case of exact correction, be left with 0.80D of astigmatism if a spherical lens were used but if the T3 lens were to be used this same patient might be left with 0.23D of astigmatism in an orthogonal meridian, which is deemed an undesirable result. The practical limitation here is that the analysis presumes a perfect correction. Because astigmatic correction is directional, a deviation from the desired orientation and stability of the toric lens will reduce the effect of the lens in the desired direction and introduce a corresponding change in net axis of astigmatism; the likelihood of an overcorrection of astigmatism is significantly lower when this occurs.
One might then argue that such a patient would have been better off with a T3 correction rather than the spherical correction recommended by the AcrySof toric IOL calculator.
The mathematical exercise in this paper was to assume that the factors involved in toric lens implantation are slightly variable, and to predict the likely effects of that variability using a Monte Carlo simulation with different lens selection criteria.
The method of a Monte Carlo simulation as used here presumes that independent random events when occurring in sequence can be combined to predict real world results if the probability of each event can be reasonably determined. The random variables used in this simulation included surgically induced astigmatism, corneal marking, and lens rotation. The fixed variables were the sample of eyes with preoperative keratometry data, the presumed surgically induced astigmatism for use in the Acrysof® Toric® IOL calculator and the selection criteria for the toric lens to use. Each is described below.
The simulation values below are based on a given known (or presumed) distribution of results. A cumulative distribution function for each variable can be constructed using the assumptions below. A random number generator is then used to generate 2,000 random numbers between 0 and 1.0 and the related variable value is determined by this function. For instance presume the distribution of lens rotation is such that 25% of lenses rotated 2 degrees, 25% rotated 5 degrees and 50% rotated 10 degrees. The 2,000 random numbers are generated. If the value generated is less than 0.25 then the rotation assigned is 2, if between 0.25 and 0.50 the rotation assigned is 5 and anything higher than 0.50 is assigned a value of 10. The actual distribution functions here are more complex than this but the method is the same.
There are, of course, other variables that may affect the surgery. The manufacturing process may have some inherent variability, but standards do limit this; relevant data are not publicly available and were not included here. The preoperative keratometry readings would also have some variability. Actual IOL placement relative to the reference markings on the cornea would have an additive effect to the lens rotation error estimated here. The lens astigmatism power is specified at the IOL plane and the corneal plane effect is presumed on the basis of nominal biometry; variability in axial length will change the astigmatism correction at the corneal plane. All of these secondary variables were assumed to be less important than the three included in the current model. Their exclusion does not invalidate the simulation model; it merely simplifies the model but might also mean that the model may predict a slightly better result, or predict slightly less variability, than might be achieved in practice.
Surgically induced astigmatism was estimated, presuming a mean value of 0.50D. This is consistent with the mean surgically induced astigmatism calculated from data collected by WH on a web site that allowed surgeons to calculate their individual surgically induced astigmatism by incision type and location, with the aim of improving the results from the on-line toric calculator mentioned above. The mean surgically induced astigmatism value for a total of 92 surgeries with 2.2 mm incisions was 0.6 D. These and other aggregate data from the web site in question will be reported in a more extensive paper in future.
Evidence suggests that this average value is reasonable for small incisions, but that results can vary in both magnitude and axis. For the purposes of this simulation the magnitude was presumed to be truncated normal distribution with a mean of 0.50D and a standard deviation of 0.12D, with a minimum value of 0.0D and a maximum value of 1.0D. The axis of the surgically induced astigmatism was presumed to be a truncated normal distribution around a mean of 90 degrees (the incision flattens the meridian that is cut, equivalent to a relative steepening of the orthogonal meridian [13]) with a standard deviation of 2 degrees, a minimum of 80 degrees and a maximum of 100 degrees.
Lens marking was also presumed to be variable because head tilt and mark size make it difficult to ensure perfect accuracy. The lens marking was presumed to be a truncated normal distributed around 0 degrees with a standard deviation of 1.5 degrees, a minimum of -5 degrees and a maximum of 5 degrees. This suggests that 95% of markings would be within ± 3 degrees of intended.
Finally, lens rotation was estimated using the data from Alcon provided in the lens labeling. The average rotation reported in the Directions For Use was less than 5 degrees for the majority of patients and similar results have been reported in the literature [14–16]. Using the data collected in the Alcon clinical study for the FDA a cumulative distribution curve for lens rotation was constructed. Using 2,000 random numbers a table of relative rotations was prepared; this is a well-established method for creating a sample from a cumulative distribution curve.
Lens selection criteria based on Resultant Corneal Astigmatism
(post-incision, based on the toric calculator)
Current Selection
Aggressive Selection
The primary measure of interest was the change in the distribution of residual astigmatism (magnitude and axis) for the simulated patient population when the two lens assignment strategies above were implemented. Statistical testing with appropriate parametric and non-parametric tests was conducted using a significant p value of < 0.05.
Note that in all cases the residual astigmatism is higher with the Monte Carlo simulation, which is not surprising given the fact that the errors in induced astigmatism, corneal marking, lens placement and lens rotation all reduce the effect of the toric lens along the intended axis of correction. Note also that the differences grow larger with the increase in toric lens astigmatic power; the relative effect of lens axis alignment errors produces larger absolute errors. For the spherical lens the difference between exact and simulated is least because only the surgically induced astigmatism variable matters in this case – lens rotation and marking errors are of no consequence with a spherical lens.
It appears, then, that the Aggressive criteria will produce lower residual astigmatism in the population of eyes on average but these average differences are nominal. The more important considerations are the number of eyes in which a significant change occurs as a consequence of the two selection criteria for absolute magnitude and axis shift, and the number of eyes for which residual astigmatism is significant,
Change in Lens Selection from Current to Aggressive Criteria
From Sphere
To Sphere
Residual Astigmatism Distribution Under Two Lens Selection Criteria
Aggressive Criteria
Current Criteria
To 0.50D
0.50 < and <= 0.75
0.75 < and <= 1.00
1.00 < and <= 1.25
1.25 < and <= 1.50
To 0.50D
0.50 < and <= 0.75
0.75 < and <= 1.00
1.00 < and <= 1.25
1.25 < and <= 1.50
While these results related to astigmatism magnitude appear very good there is a directional component to astigmatism as well. With the degrees of freedom in this simulation it is problematic to determine how best to include consideration of angle, but the following approach was deemed reasonable.
The analyses above provided the opportunity to predict the performance of the AcrySof® Toric® intraocular lens in simulated 'real-world' conditions, where surgical variables were allowed to vary and the effect on the surgical result could be calculated. One of the reasons for performing this analysis was to determine if the toric lens selection criteria originally suggested by Alcon were overly conservative. It can be seen in this analysis that the mean residual astigmatism with the current toric lens selection criteria is higher than with more aggressive criteria, but that the likelihood of overcorrection was minimal with these current criteria. In other words, to avoid overcorrection in a few individuals, the group had a slightly higher residual astigmatism than might have been possible with more aggressive lens selection.
The advantage of the Aggressive lens selection criteria is that, on average, patients would have significantly less residual astigmatism, but the likelihood of overcorrection increases; the fact that surgery is somewhat variable mitigates the latter. Using the Aggressive toric lens selection criteria from Table 1 it can be seen that a significant number of patients (31%) would have had a higher astigmatic correction suggested, with a significant reduction in their residual astigmatism. While some potential for overcorrection was evident, based on the change in astigmatic angle, high degrees of angle change were associated with low levels of astigmatism, suggesting that the issue of potential overcorrection is mitigated by surgical variability. The degree to which a low level of astigmatism is evident to the patient is not well-established but 0.50D is considered a nominal level [17, 18]. Small levels of residual astigmatism can actually increase depth of focus slightly (a non-zero circle of Sturm) at the expense of maximum achievable acuity; patient preference in this regard is again not well-established.
The importance of this analysis is as follows. If, in review of clinical data, a surgeon noted that they had few cases of residual astigmatism near zero and no eyes with residual astigmatism at a significantly different axis than the preoperative corneal astigmatism, then there is a high likelihood that they could improve their results without major overcorrections. They may consider being more aggressive in their choice of AcrySof® Toric lens power, or they may want to reevaluate their surgically induced astigmatism to check both the magnitude and the variability. Similarly, if they found that they had a significant number of patients with residual astigmatism > 0.75D who had a spherical IOL implanted, they might consider lowering the amount of corneal astigmatism they wanted to see preoperatively before considering a T3 lens. In the cases here, any eye with corneal astigmatism calculated as >0.75D from the AcrySof® Toric® calculator was provided a T3 lens and the simulation suggests no eye would have any significant residual astigmatism at a significantly different axis while a considerable percentage of eyes would have had a significant reduction in expected residual astigmatism.
In the above regard it is worth noting that Alcon's toric lens calculator has recently been adjusted to suggest a T3 lens when the combined corneal astigmatism and SIA exceed 0.90D, lower than the original value of 1.03D when the calculator was first introduced. No changes to other lens selection criteria have been made but future modifications may include calculating and showing the expected residual astigmatism when several different lenses are used, providing greater flexibility to the surgeon in toric lens planning.
Finally, it should be noted that this type of simulation can be used with the appropriate input variables to evaluate expected performance of other toric lenses or spherical lenses. Well-designed simulations can provide clinically-relevant data without the requirements related to a clinical trial.
Monte Carlo simulation suggests that surgical variability and lens orientation/rotation variability may combine to produce small reductions in the correction achieved with the AcrySof® Toric® IOL. Adopting more aggressive lens selection criteria may yield significantly lower residual astigmatism values for many patients, with negligible overcorrections. Surgeons are encouraged to evaluate their AcrySof® Toric® outcomes to determine if they should modify their individual lens selection criteria, or their default surgically induced astigmatism value, to benefit their patients.
Alcon Laboratories, Inc. provided the funding for this research and the provision of R. Potvin's time to conduct this research. Alcon was not involved in the study design/simulation or analysis of results. The decision to submit the manuscript for publication was made by Drs. Hill and Potvin independent of other Alcon input.
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The forecast is poor for the first three days with light showers on days one and two but a heavy shower on the third day. However, it is the expected downpour on Wednesday which could have the biggest impact.
Groundsman Steve Rouse has said the wicket is "like jelly" and he reckons further rain will only hinder his efforts to prevent a farce of children's tea party proportions. Unsurprisingly it is the draw which has made the big move on the match odds market. It is creeping in with every day and is currently trading at 2.04. England, minus Kevin Pietersen don't forget, are 5.30 and Australia 3.00.
Such a move is entirely to form. However, one should not get carried away. The key element is most likely to be the wicket and if the groundsman says it is likely to be underprepared then that can only mean that batting will be difficult. Throw in the moisture from the rain and expected cloud cover and you have something close to resembling a bowler's paradise.
Indeed, runscoring has not been easy at Edgbaston down the years. Since 2000 (eight Tests) four sides have been bowled out for 231 in the first innings of the match or fewer and the average in that dig is 322. Immediately a lay of Australia and England at 1.72 and 1.73 for 325 first innings runs or more grabs the attention.
England and Australia will surely leave it as late as possible to name their teams. Andrew Flintoff is expected to play but whether he is joined by Steve Harmison, Graham Onions or Monty Panesar (unlikely given the rain) remains to be seen.
Harmison is one of those bowlers who gets better when he doesn't play and although he is favourite to get the nod, Onions has a remarkable record at Edgbaston, averaging a wicket every 29 balls in first-class cricket.
Australia have selection worries, too. Do they stick with Mitchell Johnson and Phil Hughes? Or do they twist by picking Stuart Clark and Shane Watson? They may take the easy option of replacing Peter Siddle with Clark, who impressed against Northamptonshire in the week.
Whatever both sides do, they need to get it right because it should be the bowlers who have the greatest say. The ones that pitch it up and get it swinging will prosper. It sounds simple but bear in mind that England (in Cardiff) and Australia (at Lord's) have both managed insipid efforts with the ball this series.
Traditionally, England are inspired by the Edgbaston crowd to get it right. This is their most successful home ground with a win-loss ratio of 2.75 towering over the next best at The Oval with 2.05. Arguably given that record and the lottery-like bowling conditions, they are overpriced on the match odds and should trade far lower.
The toss will be key. Four of the last five sides batting first have won a first-innings lead as the surface gets trickier as the match progresses.This fact is borne out by the success of opening batsmen on the ground. Four of the last six first-innings top runscorers have been openers and of the 11 centuries scored in the last five Tests, seven were by Nos 1 or 2.
Alastair Cook top scored for England at this venue against South Africa last summer and with a Test average of 47 on the ground and a first-class one of 66.5 the numbers, if not the technique, are on his side at 5.30 for top England bat. Andrew Strauss, his opening partner, averages 26 and 21 in first-class and Tests respectively at Edgbaston.
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